Robert d'Escourt Atkinson (April 11, 1898 – October 28, 1982) was an astronomer, physicist and inventor. April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... A physicist is a scientist trained in physics. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ...
In the 1930s he was one of the pioneers of the idea that abundances of chemical elements in the universe were due to processes in the interior of stars. For this, he won the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1960. 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Pleiades star cluster A star is a massive body of plasma in outer space which is currently or has in the past produced energy through nuclear fusion. ... The Eddington Medal, named after Sir Arthur Eddington, is awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society nominally once every two years for investigations of outstanding merit in theoretical astrophysics. ... The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research (mainly carried on at the time by gentleman astronomers rather than professionals). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In 1937 he became Chief Assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Royal Observatory, Greenwich The original site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO), which was built as a workplace for the Astronomer Royal, was on a hill in Greenwich Park in Greenwich, London, overlooking the River Thames. ...
The asteroid 1827 Atkinson is named after him. An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ...
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