Paul Eddington - Revision history

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	'''Paul Clark Eddington''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|CBE}} (18 June 1927 – 4 November 1995) was an English actor best known for playing Jerry Leadbetter in the [[British sitcom\|television sitcom]] ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)\|The Good Life]]'' (1975–78) and politician [[Jim Hacker]] in the sitcom ''[[Yes Minister]]'' (1980–84) and its sequel, ''[[Yes, Prime Minister]]'' (1986–88).		'''Paul Clark Eddington''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|CBE}} (18 June 1927 – 4 November 1995) was an English actor best known for playing Jerry Leadbetter in the [[w:British sitcom\|television sitcom]] ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)\|The Good Life]]'' (1975–78) and politician [[Jim Hacker]] in the sitcom ''[[Yes Minister]]'' (1980–84) and its sequel, ''[[Yes, Prime Minister]]'' (1986–88).

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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Awards and honours

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	===Awards and honours===		===Awards and honours===
	Eddington was made a [[Order of the British Empire\|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the 1987 New Year Honours.<ref name="Independent obituary" /><ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/50764/supplements/8/page.pdf Supplement to The London Gazette, 31 December 1986, p. 8, accessed on 9 December 2013] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006223105/http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/50764/supplements/8/page.pdf \|date=6 October 2012 }}</ref>		Eddington was made a [[w:Order of the British Empire\|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the 1987 New Year Honours.<ref name="Independent obituary" /><ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/50764/supplements/8/page.pdf Supplement to The London Gazette, 31 December 1986, p. 8, accessed on 9 December 2013] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006223105/http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/50764/supplements/8/page.pdf \|date=6 October 2012 }}</ref>

	==Final years and death==		==Final years and death==

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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* {{IMDb name\|0248844\|Paul Eddington}}		* {{IMDb name\|0248844\|Paul Eddington}}

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	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1927\|6\|18\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1927\|6\|18\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[St John's Wood]], London, England		\| birth_place = [[w:St John's Wood\|St John's Wood]], London, England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1995\|11\|4\|1927\|6\|18\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1995\|11\|4\|1927\|6\|18\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Southwark]], London, England		\| death_place = [[w:Southwark\|Southwark]], London, England
	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
	\| yearsactive = 1940s–1995		\| yearsactive = 1940s–1995

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Selected filmography

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	\| ''[[Sailor Beware! (1956 film)\|Sailor Beware!]]''		\| ''[[w:Sailor Beware! (1956 film)\|Sailor Beware!]]''
	\| Bearded Sailor		\| Bearded Sailor
	\| Uncredited		\| Uncredited
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	\| ''[[The Diary of Samuel Pepys]]''		\| ''[[w:The Diary of Samuel Pepys\|The Diary of Samuel Pepys]]''
	\| Sir William Coventry		\| Sir William Coventry
	\| 8 episodes		\| 8 episodes
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	\| ''[[Jet Storm]]''		\| ''[[w:Jet Storm\|Jet Storm]]''
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	\| Uncredited		\| Uncredited
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	\| ''[[The Devil Rides Out (film)\|The Devil Rides Out]]''		\| ''[[w:The Devil Rides Out (film)\|The Devil Rides Out]]''
	\| Richard Eaton		\| Richard Eaton
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	\| ''[[The Amazing Mr Blunden]]''		\| ''[[w:The Amazing Mr Blunden\|The Amazing Mr Blunden]]''
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	\| ''[[Fall of Eagles]]''		\| ''[[w:Fall of Eagles\|Fall of Eagles]]''
	\| [[Georgi Plekhanov\|George Plekhanov]]		\| [[w:Georgi Plekhanov\|George Plekhanov]]
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	==Final years and death==		==Final years and death==
	Eddington's autobiography, ''So Far, So Good'', was published in 1995. On 30 October 1995 (five days before Eddington's death), the BBC aired an edition of ''[[Face to Face (British TV programme)\|Face to Face]]'' in which he discussed his life, career and battle with lymphoma.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHIIwv3XdZk Face to Face with Jeremy Isaacs (see 1995 programme)]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SyvdAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22He+did+very+little+harm%22+ ''The Face on the Screen: Death, Recognition and Spectatorship''], Therese Davis, Intellect, 2004, page 19</ref> On that show he was asked how he would like to be remembered: {{Quote\|A journalist once asked me what I would like my epitaph to be and I said I think I would like it to be, 'He did very little harm'. And that's not easy. Most people seem to me to do a great deal of harm. If I could be remembered as having done very little, that would suit me.}}		Eddington's autobiography, ''So Far, So Good'', was published in 1995. On 30 October 1995 (five days before Eddington's death), the BBC aired an edition of ''[[w:Face to Face (British TV programme)\|Face to Face]]'' in which he discussed his life, career and battle with lymphoma.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHIIwv3XdZk Face to Face with Jeremy Isaacs (see 1995 programme)]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SyvdAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22He+did+very+little+harm%22+ ''The Face on the Screen: Death, Recognition and Spectatorship''], Therese Davis, Intellect, 2004, page 19</ref> On that show he was asked how he would like to be remembered: {{Quote\|A journalist once asked me what I would like my epitaph to be and I said I think I would like it to be, 'He did very little harm'. And that's not easy. Most people seem to me to do a great deal of harm. If I could be remembered as having done very little, that would suit me.}}

	Eddington had been diagnosed with a rare form of [[cancer]], known as [[mycosis fungoides]], when he was 28. The ailment was to cause his death eventually, but in the intervening four decades, Eddington and his immediate family kept his condition private. It only became public knowledge in 1994, when Eddington responded to press speculation about his darkening skin and hair loss.<ref name="Independent cancer">{{cite news \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/actor-reveals-he-has-rare-skin-cancer-yes-minister-star-refuses-to-let-illness-remove-him-from-centrestage-ian-mackinnon-reports-1419608.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/actor-reveals-he-has-rare-skin-cancer-yes-minister-star-refuses-to-let-illness-remove-him-from-centrestage-ian-mackinnon-reports-1419608.html \|archive-date=25 May 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|title=Actor reveals he has rare skin cancer: 'Yes Minister' star refuses to let illness remove him from centre-stage \|first=Ian \|last=Mackinnon \|date=1 June 1994 \|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref>		Eddington had been diagnosed with a rare form of [[w:cancer\|cancer]], known as [[w:mycosis fungoides\|mycosis fungoides]], when he was 28. The ailment was to cause his death eventually, but in the intervening four decades, Eddington and his immediate family kept his condition private. It only became public knowledge in 1994, when Eddington responded to press speculation about his darkening skin and hair loss.<ref name="Independent cancer">{{cite news \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/actor-reveals-he-has-rare-skin-cancer-yes-minister-star-refuses-to-let-illness-remove-him-from-centrestage-ian-mackinnon-reports-1419608.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/actor-reveals-he-has-rare-skin-cancer-yes-minister-star-refuses-to-let-illness-remove-him-from-centrestage-ian-mackinnon-reports-1419608.html \|archive-date=25 May 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|title=Actor reveals he has rare skin cancer: 'Yes Minister' star refuses to let illness remove him from centre-stage \|first=Ian \|last=Mackinnon \|date=1 June 1994 \|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref>

	Eddington died in [[London Borough of Southwark\|Southwark]], London, on 4 November 1995.<ref>{{cite news \| title = Tributes flow for Paul Eddington, 'a brave man and a fine actor' \| work =The Independent \| date =7 November 1995 \| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/tributes-flow-for-paul-eddington-a-brave-man-and-a-fine-actor-1580747.html \| access-date = 22 July 2014}}</ref> He and Patricia, his wife of 43 years, had three sons and a daughter.<ref>[[Who's Who (UK)\|Who's Who 2009]]</ref>		Eddington died in [[w:London Borough of Southwark\|Southwark]], London, on 4 November 1995.<ref>{{cite news \| title = Tributes flow for Paul Eddington, 'a brave man and a fine actor' \| work =The Independent \| date =7 November 1995 \| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/tributes-flow-for-paul-eddington-a-brave-man-and-a-fine-actor-1580747.html \| access-date = 22 July 2014}}</ref> He and Patricia, his wife of 43 years, had three sons and a daughter.<ref>[[w:Who's Who (UK)\|Who's Who 2009]]</ref>

	==Selected filmography==		==Selected filmography==

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	===Career peak===		===Career peak===
	Although he was an actor for all his adult life, it was not until Eddington was in his late forties that he became a household name because of his role in ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)\|The Good Life]]'', first screened by the [[BBC]] in 1975,<ref name="Independent obituary" /> and written by [[Esmonde and Larbey\|John Esmonde and Bob Larbey]]. The sitcom focuses on a suburban couple who decide to give up conventionally paid work and become self-sufficient in their suburban garden. Eddington was cast as [[The Good Life (1975 TV series)#Jerry Leadbetter\|Jerry Leadbetter]], a neighbour of the main characters, and [[Penelope Keith]] played his wife, [[Margo Leadbetter\|Margo]]. Originally intended as small parts, the Leadbetters soon became essential foils for the two stars. He also appeared in a single episode of another Esmonde and Larbey sitcom, ''[[Get Some In!]]'' in 1977.		Although he was an actor for all his adult life, it was not until Eddington was in his late forties that he became a household name because of his role in ''[[w:The Good Life (1975 TV series)\|The Good Life]]'', first screened by the [[w:BBC\|BBC]] in 1975,<ref name="Independent obituary" /> and written by [[Esmonde and Larbey\|John Esmonde and Bob Larbey]]. The sitcom focuses on a suburban couple who decide to give up conventionally paid work and become self-sufficient in their suburban garden. Eddington was cast as [[w:The Good Life (1975 TV series)#Jerry Leadbetter\|Jerry Leadbetter]], a neighbour of the main characters, and [[w:Penelope Keith\|Penelope Keith]] played his wife, [[Margo Leadbetter\|Margo]]. Originally intended as small parts, the Leadbetters soon became essential foils for the two stars. He also appeared in a single episode of another Esmonde and Larbey sitcom, ''[[Get Some In!]]'' in 1977.

	Eddington's profile was raised further when he played the title role of [[Jim Hacker]] in the comedy series ''[[Yes Minister]]'' (1980–84) and ''Yes, Prime Minister'' (1986–88). He was shortlisted four times for the [[BAFTA]] award for Best Light Entertainment Performance for the series, but he lost out to his co-star [[Nigel Hawthorne]] on each occasion.		Eddington's profile was raised further when he played the title role of [[Jim Hacker]] in the comedy series ''[[Yes Minister]]'' (1980–84) and ''Yes, Prime Minister'' (1986–88). He was shortlisted four times for the [[w:BAFTA\|BAFTA]] award for Best Light Entertainment Performance for the series, but he lost out to his co-star [[Nigel Hawthorne]] on each occasion.

	During 1987 Eddington appeared as Sir Joseph Porter in ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' in Australia.<ref>[http://www.essgee.com/html/PinaforeVersion.html The Pirates of HMS Pinafore] ''essgee.com'', accessed 26 May 2019</ref> His last roles included Guy Wheeler, a corrupt property developer in the ''[[Minder (TV series)\|Minder]]'' episode ''The Wrong Goodbye'' (1989); as Richard Cuthbertson alongside ''Good Life'' co-star [[Felicity Kendal]] in the TV dramatisation of ''[[The Camomile Lawn (TV serial)\|The Camomile Lawn]]'' (1992); the voice of Badger in ''The Adventures of Mole'' and [[Robert Shallow\|Justice Shallow]] in ''Henry IV'' (1995); a BBC adaptation of Shakespeare's ''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]'' and ''[[Henry IV, Part 2]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Brooke\|first1=Michael\|title=''Henry IV'' (1995)\|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1047838/\|website=BFI Screenonline\|access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> He was reunited with another ''Good Life'' co-star [[Richard Briers]] in a run of the play ''[[Home (play)\|Home]]'' in 1994.<ref name="Independent cancer" />		During 1987 Eddington appeared as Sir Joseph Porter in ''[[w:H.M.S. Pinafore\|H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' in Australia.<ref>[http://www.essgee.com/html/PinaforeVersion.html The Pirates of HMS Pinafore] ''essgee.com'', accessed 26 May 2019</ref> His last roles included Guy Wheeler, a corrupt property developer in the ''[[w:Minder (TV series)\|Minder]]'' episode ''The Wrong Goodbye'' (1989); as Richard Cuthbertson alongside ''Good Life'' co-star [[w:Felicity Kendal\|Felicity Kendal]] in the TV dramatisation of ''[[w:The Camomile Lawn (TV serial)\|The Camomile Lawn]]'' (1992); the voice of Badger in ''The Adventures of Mole'' and [[w:Robert Shallow\|Justice Shallow]] in ''Henry IV'' (1995); a BBC adaptation of Shakespeare's ''[[w:Henry IV, Part 1]]'' and ''[[w:Henry IV, Part 2\|Henry IV]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Brooke\|first1=Michael\|title=''Henry IV'' (1995)\|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1047838/\|website=BFI Screenonline\|access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> He was reunited with another ''Good Life'' co-star [[Richard Briers]] in a run of the play ''[[w:Home (play)\|Home]]'' in 1994.<ref name="Independent cancer" />

	Eddington read extracts from [[Sir Winston Churchill]]'s ''[[A History of the English-Speaking Peoples]]'' for the award-winning [[BBC Radio]] series ''[[This Sceptred Isle (radio series)\|This Sceptred Isle]]''; he died midway through the production, and his place was taken by [[Peter Jeffrey]].		Eddington read extracts from [[w:Sir Winston Churchill\|Sir Winston Churchill]]'s ''[[w:A History of the English-Speaking Peoples\|A History of the English-Speaking Peoples]]'' for the award-winning [[w:BBC Radio\|BBC Radio]] series ''[[w:This Sceptred Isle (radio series)\|This Sceptred Isle]]''; he died midway through the production, and his place was taken by [[Peter Jeffrey]].

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	==Career==		==Career==
	Having registered as a [[conscientious objector]], Eddington began his acting career as a teenager with [[Entertainments National Service Association]] (ENSA) during the Second World War.<ref name="Independent obituary">{{cite news\|last1=Benedick\|first1=Adam\|title=OBITUARY: Paul Eddington\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paul-eddington-1580768.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paul-eddington-1580768.html \|archive-date=25 May 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|access-date=12 June 2014\|work=The Independent\|date=7 November 1995}}</ref> He worked for [[Sheffield Repertory Theatre]], a theatre company based at Sheffield Playhouse, and made his first TV appearance in 1956 as a regular cast member of ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)\|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]''. Initially he played minor characters, but in the fourth season (1959–60), he played [[Will Scarlet]].		Having registered as a [[w:conscientious objector\|conscientious objector]], Eddington began his acting career as a teenager with [[w:Entertainments National Service Association\|Entertainments National Service Association]] (ENSA) during the Second World War.<ref name="Independent obituary">{{cite news\|last1=Benedick\|first1=Adam\|title=OBITUARY: Paul Eddington\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paul-eddington-1580768.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paul-eddington-1580768.html \|archive-date=25 May 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|access-date=12 June 2014\|work=The Independent\|date=7 November 1995}}</ref> He worked for [[w:Sheffield Repertory Theatre\|Sheffield Repertory Theatre]], a theatre company based at Sheffield Playhouse, and made his first TV appearance in 1956 as a regular cast member of ''[[w:The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)\|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]''. Initially he played minor characters, but in the fourth season (1959–60), he played [[w:Will Scarlet\|Will Scarlet]].

	He had a leading role in 'Liberty Bar', a 1960 episode of "Maigret", BBC TV series, playing 'Harry Brown',<ref>{{Citation\|last=Osborn\|first=Andrew\|title=Liberty Bar\|date=1960-12-05\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639828/\|series=Maigret\|access-date=2022-01-02}}</ref> an Australian entrepreneur. He had roles in episodes of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)\|The Avengers]]'' (1963), ''[[The Prisoner]]'' (1967) and the final episode of ''[[The Champions]]'' (1969). He was a main cast member of the television series ''[[Frontier (1968 TV series)\|Frontier]]'' (1968). He also had a supporting role in [[Hammer Film Productions\|Hammer Films]]' ''[[The Devil Rides Out (film)\|The Devil Rides Out]]'' (1968), an episode of ''[[Van der Valk]]'' in 1972, and appeared as a "[[straight man]]" (substituting for regular [[Stooge (comedian)\|stooge]] [[Henry McGee]]) in a 1976 episode of ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''. He also appeared in most episodes of the [[Associated Television\|ATV]] series ''[[Hine (TV series)\|Hine]]'' (1971). In this he played Astor Harris, a member of an arms-dealing firm named Pendles. Eddington appeared as civil servant Strand in the last series of ''[[Special Branch (TV series)\|Special Branch]]'' (1974).		He had a leading role in 'Liberty Bar', a 1960 episode of "Maigret", BBC TV series, playing 'Harry Brown',<ref>{{Citation\|last=Osborn\|first=Andrew\|title=Liberty Bar\|date=1960-12-05\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639828/\|series=Maigret\|access-date=2022-01-02}}</ref> an Australian entrepreneur. He had roles in episodes of ''[[w:The Avengers (TV series)\|The Avengers]]'' (1963), ''[[w:The Prisoner\|The Prisoner]]'' (1967) and the final episode of ''[[w:The Champions\|The Champions]]'' (1969). He was a main cast member of the television series ''[[w:Frontier (1968 TV series)\|Frontier]]'' (1968). He also had a supporting role in [[w:Hammer Film Productions\|Hammer Films]]' ''[[w:The Devil Rides Out (film)\|The Devil Rides Out]]'' (1968), an episode of ''[[w:Van der Valk\|Van der Valk]]'' in 1972, and appeared as a "[[w:straight man\|straight man]]" (substituting for regular [[w:Stooge (comedian)\|stooge]] [[Henry McGee]]) in a 1976 episode of ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''. He also appeared in most episodes of the [[w:Associated Television\|ATV]] series ''[[w:Hine (TV series)\|Hine]]'' (1971). In this he played Astor Harris, a member of an arms-dealing firm named Pendles. Eddington appeared as civil servant Strand in the last series of ''[[w:Special Branch (TV series)\|Special Branch]]'' (1974).

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	Eddington was born at [[Paddington]] in London to decorative artist Albert Clark Eddington and Frances Mary (née Roberts); he was raised in [[St John's Wood]].<ref>https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-60456 Eddington gave his place of birth as St John's Wood in a ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' interview with [[Roy Plomley]] in August 1981.</ref> The family were [[Quaker]]s – Albert Clark Eddington being related to the [[Somerset]] shoemaking [[C. & J. Clark\|Clark]] family and the scientist Sir [[Arthur Eddington]]<ref name="Arts 2000, p. 65">Quakers and the Arts: "Plain and Fancy" – An Anglo-American Perspective, David Sox, Sessions Book Trust, 2000, p. 65</ref> – and Eddington was brought up by his parents with strict family values. His father had been "emotionally shattered" on his return from the [[First World War]], which led to Eddington being a life-long pacifist.<ref name="Arts 2000, p. 65"/> Eddington attended [[Sibford School]], [[Sibford Ferris]], [[Oxfordshire]]. In 1952, he married Patricia (née Scott).		Eddington was born at [[w:Paddington\|Paddington]] in London to decorative artist Albert Clark Eddington and Frances Mary (née Roberts); he was raised in [[w:St John's Wood\|St John's Wood]].<ref>https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-60456 Eddington gave his place of birth as St John's Wood in a ''[[w:Desert Island Discs\|]]'' interview with [[w:Roy Plomley\|]] in August 1981.</ref> The family were [[w:Quaker\|Quaker]]s – Albert Clark Eddington being related to the [[w:Somerset\|Somerset]] shoemaking [[w:C. & J. Clark\|Clark]] family and the scientist Sir [[w:Arthur Eddington\|Arthur Eddington]]<ref name="Arts 2000, p. 65">Quakers and the Arts: "Plain and Fancy" – An Anglo-American Perspective, David Sox, Sessions Book Trust, 2000, p. 65</ref> – and Eddington was brought up by his parents with strict family values. His father had been "emotionally shattered" on his return from the [[w:First World War\|First World War]], which led to Eddington being a life-long pacifist.<ref name="Arts 2000, p. 65"/> Eddington attended [[w:Sibford School\|Sibford School]], [[w:Sibford Ferris\|Sibford Ferris]], [[w:Oxfordshire\|Oxfordshire]]. In 1952, he married Patricia (née Scott).

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	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	* {{cite book \|last= Eddington \|first= Paul \| title= So Far, So Good: The Autobiography \|publisher= [[Trafalgar Square Publishing]] \|date=March 1996 \|isbn= 978-0-340-63837-8 }}		* {{cite book \|last= Eddington \|first= Paul \| title= So Far, So Good: The Autobiography \|publisher= [[w:Trafalgar Square Publishing\|Trafalgar Square Publishing]] \|date=March 1996 \|isbn= 978-0-340-63837-8 }}

	== External links ==		== External links ==