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Sir Frank Watson Dyson, KBE, FRS, FRSE (8 January 1868 – 25 May 1939) was an English astronomer and the ninth Astronomer Royal who is remembered today largely for introducing time signals ("pips") from Greenwich, England, and for the role he played in proving Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Frank Watson Dyson (Measham, 8 de janeiro de 1868 — mar de Cidade do Cabo,25 de maio de 1939) foi um astrônomo inglês. Dyson viveu de 1894 a 1906 em Blackheath, Londres. De 1905 a 1910 foi Astronomer Royal for Scotland, e de 1910 a 1933 Astrônomo Real Britânico e ao mesmo tempo diretor do Observatório de Greenwich.
Sir Frank Watson Dyson, KBE, FRS, FRSE (8 January 1868 – 25 May 1939) was an English astronomer and the ninth Astronomer Royal who is remembered today largely for introducing time signals ("pips") from Greenwich, England, and for the role he played in proving Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Dyson spent his entire career, except for five years in Edinburgh, at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, where he was Director and Astronomer Royal from 1910 to 1933. At Greenwich he directed measurements of terrestrial magnetism, latitude, and time, and he initiated the radio broadcast of time.
14 de set. de 2022 · The Eclipse That Proved Einstein Was Right. In May 1919, British astronomer Arthur Eddington organised an expedition with the Astronomer Royal, Frank Dyson, to observe a total solar eclipse and put Einstein’s new theory of general relativity to the test.
Sir Frank Dyson, 1868-1939. Frank Watson Dyson was educated at Bradford Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was second wrangler in the mathematics tripos in 1889. He was elected a fellow of Trinity in 1891 and awarded an Isaac Newton studentship to undertake research in astronomy. In 1894 he accepted the post of chief ...
Frank Watson Dyson was an English astronomer. He served as Astronomer Royal and director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, and is probably best remembered as the scientist who introduced time signals ("pips") from Greenwich, England, and also proved Einstein's theory of general relativity.
