Date of Birth | 26-May-1873 |
Place of Birth |
London (England, United Kingdom, Great Britain) |
Nationality | |
Arthur Robert Hinks, CBE, FRS was a British astronomer and geographer. As an astronomer, he is best known for his work in determining the distance from the Sun to the Earth from 1900–1909: for this achievement, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. His later professional career was in surveying and cartography, an extension of his astronomical interests. |
Awards by Arthur Robert Hinks |
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