In December 1912 George Darwin, son of Charles Darwin, died suddenly and Eddington was promoted to his chair as the Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy in early 1913.
在1912年12月，查爾斯·達爾文的兒子喬治·達爾文突然死亡，並在1913年初，愛丁頓被提拔接任他的職位，當Plumian天文學和實驗哲學的教授。