He died of typhoid in an epidemic which swept the country in 1884 before his son was two years old. Arthur Eddington's mother, Sarah Ann Stout, came from Darlington and, like her husband, was also from a Quaker family.
Siya namatay ng tipus sa isang epidemya na swept ang bansa sa 1884 bago ang kanyang anak na lalaki ay dalawang taon gulang. Arthur Eddington ng ina, Sarah Ann mataba, nagmula sa Darlington at, tulad ng kanyang asawa, ay din mula sa isang Kweiker pamilya.