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Frank Dyson

English astronomer

Died when: 71 years 137 days (856 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Frank Dyson

Sir Frank Watson Dyson, KBE, FRS, FRSE (8 January 1868 – 25 May 1939) was an English astronomer and the ninth Astronomer Royal who was 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.


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