Robert Woodrow Wilson
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Robert Woodrow Wilson is an American radio astronomer best known for co-discovering the cosmic microwave background radiation, a key piece of evidence for the Big Bang theory.
All labels observed (1)
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| Robert Woodrow Wilson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8095331 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Woodrow Wilson Context triple: [Arno Penzias, sharedNobelPrizeWith, Robert Woodrow Wilson]
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A.
Lee A. DuBridge
Lee A. DuBridge was an American physicist and influential science administrator who served as president of Caltech and later as the chief science advisor to U.S. President Richard Nixon.
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B.
John E. Wheeler
John E. Wheeler was an American publisher and businessman best known for establishing the influential Chicago Tribune newspaper.
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C.
William F. Lamb
William F. Lamb was an American architect best known as the principal designer of the Empire State Building and a leading partner in the firm Shreve, Lamb & Harmon.
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D.
James A. Van Allen
James A. Van Allen was an American space scientist best known for discovering the Earth's radiation belts, now called the Van Allen belts, and for his pioneering work in early space exploration missions.
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E.
Robert William Andrew Feller
Robert William Andrew Feller was a legendary American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, renowned for his blazing fastball and Hall of Fame career spanning the 1930s to 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Woodrow Wilson Target entity description: Robert Woodrow Wilson is an American radio astronomer best known for co-discovering the cosmic microwave background radiation, a key piece of evidence for the Big Bang theory.
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A.
Lee A. DuBridge
Lee A. DuBridge was an American physicist and influential science administrator who served as president of Caltech and later as the chief science advisor to U.S. President Richard Nixon.
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B.
John E. Wheeler
John E. Wheeler was an American publisher and businessman best known for establishing the influential Chicago Tribune newspaper.
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C.
William F. Lamb
William F. Lamb was an American architect best known as the principal designer of the Empire State Building and a leading partner in the firm Shreve, Lamb & Harmon.
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D.
James A. Van Allen
James A. Van Allen was an American space scientist best known for discovering the Earth's radiation belts, now called the Van Allen belts, and for his pioneering work in early space exploration missions.
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E.
Robert William Andrew Feller
Robert William Andrew Feller was a legendary American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, renowned for his blazing fastball and Hall of Fame career spanning the 1930s to 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American scientist
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human ⓘ physicist ⓘ radio astronomer ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| alive | true ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Albert A. Michelson Medal
NERFINISHED
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Crafoord Prize in Astronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Draper Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics 1978 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1936-01-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Houston, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coDiscovered | cosmic microwave background radiation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coDiscoveredWith | Arno Allan Penzias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Arno Allan Penzias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | John Hasbrouck Van Vleck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of Technology
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Rice University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Bell Labs Holmdel, New Jersey
NERFINISHED
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Bell Telephone Laboratories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Wilson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrophysics
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cosmology ⓘ radio astronomy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasResidence | New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Big Bang cosmology
NERFINISHED
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observational cosmology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation
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providing key evidence for the Big Bang theory ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Robert Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory | Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| notableWork | measurement of cosmic microwave background radiation at 7.35 cm wavelength ⓘ |
| usedInstrument | Holmdel Horn Antenna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Holmdel, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Robert Woodrow Wilson Description of subject: Robert Woodrow Wilson is an American radio astronomer best known for co-discovering the cosmic microwave background radiation, a key piece of evidence for the Big Bang theory.
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