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his mother was trained as a lawyer but after Dyson was born worked as a social worker.

Despite sharing a last name, he is not related to the early 20th century astronomer Frank Watson Dyson, but as a small boy Freeman Dyson was aware of Frank Watson Dyson.

Freeman credits the popularity of an astronomer with the same last name as having inadvertently helped to spark his interest in science.