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Royal Greenwich Observatory

Great Britain · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1906

Arthur Stanley EddingtonJanuary 1906

Greenwich · Science / Astronomy

Nominated to the post of chief assistant to the Astronomer Royal at the Royal Greenwich Observatory

Names involved

Arthur Stanley Eddington

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