Arthur Stanley Eddington
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Following his father’s death from typhoid in 1884, Arthur’s family moved to Varzin, a house in Walliscote Road. He was educated at home and at a Weston prep school, but after winning scholarships to Manchester and Cambridge, secured work at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich followed by Directorship of the Cambridge Observatory and Fellowship of the Royal Society. Eddington’s work in astrophysics was ground breaking. He was the first scientist to investigate the evolution of stars, and remains one of the greatest astronomers of all time. |
Plaque on the wall of 42A Walliscote Road.
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