Arthur Eddington | Astronomer | Biography In English |

 

Arthur Eddington, he was an astronomer he was born in Kendall Westmorland England on 28 December 1882 his father's name was Arthur Henrietta ttan and mother's name was Sarah and shout 

when he was two years old his father died in the typhoid epidemic of 1884 the family shifted to the seaside town one of weston-super-mare and Eddington was initially taught at home and then attended preparatory school he enrolled at the Bryn Mullen School in the year 1893 wherein he excelled in all

the subjects particularly English and mathematics he joined the Owens College Manchester now known as the University of Manchester in 1898 with the help of a scholarship he received he completed his graduation in 1902 with first-class honors and Bachelor of Science with physics in 1902 he enrolled at the Trinity College of the University of Cambridge with the help of a scholarship

he received owing to his performance at the previous institution he earned his master's of Arts degree in 1905 and thereafter carried on experimental work in the Cavendish laboratory in 1906 he left Cambridge and moved to Greenwich after he was chosen as chief assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory to the astronomer royal in 1912 arthur was

appointed to the post of plumie and professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy at the cambridge university in 1914 Eddington was appointed as the director of the Cambridge Observatory the same year he was made a fellow of the Royal Society in 1914 he wrote the astronomical piece stellar movements and the structure of the universe about Milky Way galaxy during World War one he

carried on scientific investigation and testified Einstein's theory of relativity in 1924 with the help of his astronomical investigations he established the relationship between mass and luminosity of a star the theory stated that the size of a star and its luminosity are related by direct variation Arthur also formulated a method of gauging the writing accomplishments of a cyclist and this number is popularly

known as the Eddington number during 1920 he published many works such as the mechanical theory of relativity the domain of physical science stars and atoms and the internal constitution of stars in 1926 his book the internal constitution of the Stars became very popular and was also regarded as a standard textbook in the study of astrophysics he also penned some philosophical books like the nature of

the physical world which was published in 1928 and the following year the book science in the unseen world was printed in 1930s he was given the honour of knighthood he was also awarded several times with the order of merit during the same decade he also won the hun Freeman of Kendall from 1930 to 1939 he wrote why I believe in God science and religion as a scientist sees it the

expanding universe astronomies greatest debate new pathways in science relativity theory of protons and electrons and philosophy of physical science his last written book fundamental theory was published posthumously in 1946 he died in Cambridge Cambridgeshire England United Kingdom on 22 November 1944 at the age of 61 not only is the universe stranger than we imagined it is stranger than we can imagine said Arthur Eddington.