II, he worked on astronomical instrumentation and positional astronomy. Atkinson's mechanical skills led to a commission to design an astronomical clock for York Minster, the York Minster astronomical clock. 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. References External links Oral History interview transcript for Robert d'Escourt Atkinson on 22 April 1971, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives Obituaries QJRAS 25 (1984) 100–104 JBAA 93 (1983) 172–173 20th-century British astronomers 1898 births 1982 deaths Fellows of the American Physical Society