Richard van der Riet Woolley
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:person
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| gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:Gonville_and_Caius_College,_Cambridge
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| gptkbp:awardReceived |
gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society |
| gptkbp:birthDate |
1906-04-24
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| gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Weymouth,_Dorset,_England
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| gptkbp:deathDate |
1986-12-24
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| gptkbp:deathPlace |
gptkb:South_Africa
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| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
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| gptkbp:fieldOfWork |
gptkb:astronomy
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Richard van der Riet Woolley
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| gptkbp:knownFor |
work on stellar atmospheres
public skepticism about space travel |
| gptkbp:nationality |
British
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| gptkbp:notableFor |
gptkb:Astronomer_Royal
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| gptkbp:notableQuote |
Space travel is utter bilge.
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| gptkbp:occupation |
astronomer
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| gptkbp:predecessor |
gptkb:Harold_Spencer_Jones
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| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Martin_Ryle
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| gptkbp:termEnd |
1971
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| gptkbp:termStart |
1956
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Royal_Greenwich_Observatory
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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