Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Arthur Eddington NPG x84154

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd

The British astronomer, physicist and mathematician, Sir Arthur Eddington, was chief assistant at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich from 1906 until 1913. The loss of so many distinguished young scientists in the early years of the First World War caused the Government to 'protect its potential national treasures' and Eddington, a Quaker, was not conscripted. The Government's faith was fully justified by the important part Eddington played in the analysis of the Solar Eclipse in 1919. His findings helped to provide the proof of ... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.