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He was Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory (and the Astronomer Royal) from 1910 to 1933. In 1928, he introduced a new free-pendulum clock in the Observatory. This wireless transmission meant that Greenwich Mean Time was more accurate. He also invented the " six pips" in 1924.

Dyson was born in Measham, near Ashby-de-la-ZouchAshby-de-la-Zouch (formerly also Ashby-de-la-Zouche is a small market town in the North West Leicestershire district of the county of Leicestershire, England. It lies within the National Forest, has a population of approximately 13,000, and is known to lo in England. He was knighted in 1915Events January 12 The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of Congress. January 12 United States House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote. January 13 An earthquake (6. 8 in Richter scale) in Avezzano, Ital. He died while traveling from Australia to England in 1939.

Between 1894Events January 8 A fire at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago causes a good deal of damage. January 9 New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard ( Lexington, Massachusetts). February 15 04:51 GMT– 1906Events January 8 Landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20 January 31 Earthquake in Ecuador (8. 6 in Richter scale) February 11 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos''. February 15 Representatives of the Labour Representation Committee in t, Dyson lived at 6 Vanbrugh Hill, BlackheathBlackheath is a place in London, England, divided between the London Borough of Lewisham and the London Borough of Greenwich (the borough boundary runs across the middle of the heath, with the Village in Lewisham and the Blackheath Standard area and Westc, London SE3. The house is now marked by a blue plaqueGreater London Council blue plaque at Alexandra Palace, commemorating the launch of BBC Television there in 1936. A blue plaque is a sign attached to a house where someone famous once lived (or sometimes where a notable event took place) to commemorate th.

Despite their similarity in name, Freeman DysonFreeman John Dyson (born December 15, 1923) is an English-born American physicist and mathematician. He worked as an analyst for the British Bomber Command during World War II; after the war, he moved to Princeton. In the years following the war, Dyson wa is not related. However, the younger Dyson does credit Sir Frank with sparking his interest in astronomy; because they shared the same last name, Sir Frank's achievements were discussed by Freeman Dyson's family when he was a young boy. Inspired, Dyson's first attempt at writing was a 1931 piece of juvenalia entitled "Sir Phillip Robert's Erolunar Collision" — Sir Philip being a thinly disguised version of Sir Frank.

A craterThis article is about impact craters. For volcanic craters, see Caldera. For the constellation, see Crater (constellation). A crater basin or impact crater is a circular depression on the surface of a planet, moon, asteroid, or other celestial body. Crate on the Moon is named after him, as is the asteroid 1241 Dysona .

He won the Bruce Medal in 1922 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1925.