Robert Goddard

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Robert_Goddard

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Clark_University gptkb:Worcester_Polytechnic_Institute
gptkbp:award	gptkb:Daniel_Guggenheim_Medal gptkb:Langley_Gold_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate	1882-10-05
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Worcester,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:citation	Called 'father of modern rocketry' NASA Goddard Space Flight Center named in his honor
gptkbp:deathDate	1945-08-10
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland,_USA
gptkbp:field	aerospace engineering physics
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Robert_Hutchings_Goddard
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Robert Goddard
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:NASA gptkb:Wernher_von_Braun
gptkbp:inspiredBy	modern rocketry space exploration
gptkbp:inventedBy	gyroscopic control for rockets liquid-fueled rocket multistage rocket design rocket nozzle steering by vanes in rocket exhaust
gptkbp:knownFor	launching the first liquid-fueled rocket pioneering modern rocketry
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Physical_Society gptkb:American_Rocket_Society
gptkbp:memorial	gptkb:Goddard_Space_Flight_Center gptkb:Robert_H._Goddard_High_School
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableStudent	Esther Christine Kisk (assistant and wife)
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:first_successful_liquid-fueled_rocket_(1926)
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:engineer gptkb:inventor gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:parent	gptkb:Nahum_Danford_Goddard gptkb:Nellie_Goddard
gptkbp:patent	liquid-fueled rocket apparatus multistage rocket
gptkbp:publishedWork	gptkb:A_Method_of_Reaching_Extreme_Altitudes_(1919)
gptkbp:religion	Congregationalist
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Hope_Cemetery,_Worcester,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:signature	Robert H Goddard signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Esther_Christine_Kisk
gptkbp:subjectOf	biographies documentaries
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Worcester
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4