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Robert d'Escourt Atkinson

1898 – 1982

British astronomer, physicist and inventor

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Lived 1898 – 1982 (aged 84). Robert d'Escourt Atkinson was a British astronomer, physicist, inventor and astrophysicist.

Robert d'Escourt Atkinson (11 April 1898 – 28 October 1982) was a British astronomer, physicist and inventor.

Biography Robert d'Escourt Atkinson was born in Rhayader, Wales, on April 11, 1898. He went to Manchester Grammar School and received a degree in physics from Oxford in 1922. He worked in the Clarendon Laboratory and then went to Göttingen, where he received a Ph.D. in physics in 1928. After teaching physics at the Berlin Technische Hochscule for a year, Atkinson was appointed Assistant Professor of Physics at Rutgers University.

Honors Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Institute of Navigation. Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society for work on stellar fusion (1960) The asteroid 1827 Atkinson is named after him.

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Important facts

Born
11 April 1898, Rhayader
Birth century
19th century
Died
28 October 1982, Bloomington
Occupation
Astronomer, physicist, inventor, astrophysicist
Nationality
United Kingdom
Education
Hertford College, University of Göttingen
Employers
Rutgers University, Royal Observatory, Indiana University Bloomington
Awards
Eddington Medal; Fellow of the American Physical Society

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British astronomer, physicist and inventor (1898–1982)

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Robert d'Escourt Atkinson was born on 11 April 1898 in Rhayader.

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Robert d'Escourt Atkinson died on 28 October 1982 in Bloomington.

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Robert d'Escourt Atkinson was an astronomer, physicist, inventor and astrophysicist.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Robert d'Escourt Atkinson

· Wikidata: Q581084

· DBpedia: Robert d'Escourt Atkinson

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