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Frank Dyson

English astronomer

Born on: January 8, 1868
Died on: May 25, 1939
Aged: 71 years 137 days (856 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: United kingdom
Birth Sign: Capricorn

 

Frank Dyson

Sir Frank Watson Dyson, KBE, FRS, FRSE was an English astronomer and the ninth Astronomer Royal. He is remembered today largely for introducing the Greenwich time signal to BBC radio, and for the role he played in proving Einstein's theory of general relativity.


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