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Arthur Eddington

Arthur Eddington
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Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington was an English astrophysicist and mathematician. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour.

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  1. Arthur Eddington (this page)December 28, 1882 – November 22, 1944
  2. Éamon de ValeraOctober 14, 1882 – August 29, 1975
  3. Eugène Joseph DelporteJanuary 10, 1882 – October 19, 1955
  4. Percy Williams BridgmanApril 21, 1882 – August 20, 1961
  5. Ștefania MărăcineanuJune 18, 1882 – 1944
  6. Wacław SierpińskiMarch 14, 1882 – October 21, 1969

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