Arthur Eddington - Bio, Age, Wiki, Facts and Family

Born on December 28, 1882 (age 61) in England. He is a celebrity scientist. His popular books are The Nature of the Physical... (1928), Space, time and gravitation (1920), The philosophy of physic... (1939), The mathematical theory of r... (1923) and New pathways in science (1935). In His career, Arthur Eddington has achieved an Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. He died on November 22, 1944, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Arthur Eddington was an eminent scientist who is credited with the establishment of many renowned theories, which have been named after him, such as ˜Eddington number' and ˜Eddington limit'. He was born to a middle-class family and after the sad demise of his father his mother took up the responsibility of the family. He was taught at home before attending school. He excelled as a student and earned several scholarships which helped him in his further studies. His remarkable performance at the ˜Owens College' earned him the opportunity to attend the prestigious ˜University of Manchester'. Physics was his area of interest and he completed his graduation with a major in the subject. He was trained under the tutelage of great scholars like Arthur Schuster, Horace Lamb, John William Graham and Robert Alfred Herman, and these learned people provided him with vast knowledge and enhanced his excellence. He engaged in experimental works and carried on rigorous research and established theories which served as breakthrough in the world of physics. He was involved in astronomical research and developed theories regarding the interior of stars and stellar movements. He was the first English physicist to explain Einstein's theory of relativity. His books answer many questions about the universe; however, his fatal disease put an abrupt halt to his investigation of the ˜fundamental theory'.

He was raised in a Quaker family in Kendal, Westmorland, England.

He entered the University of Manchester (then called Owens College, Manchester) at the age of sixteen and later earned advanced degrees from Trinity College, Cambridge University.

His numerous honors include the 1924 Henry Draper Medal of the National Academy of Sciences; the 1907 Smith's Prize; and the French Astronomical Society's 1928 Prix Jules Janssen.

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As far as we know He has died November 22, 1944 ( age 62)

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He was one of the subjects of a 2008 made-for-television film titled Einstein and Eddington and starring David Tennant and Andy Serkis as Eddington and Einstein, respectively.