Robert H. Goddard

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Clark_University
gptkb:Worcester_Polytechnic_Institute
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Daniel_Guggenheim_Medal
gptkb:John_Scott_Medal
gptkb:Langley_Gold_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1882-10-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Worcester,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:children none
gptkbp:deathDate 1945-08-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:A._Wilmer_Duff
gptkbp:field aerospace engineering
physics
rocket science
gptkbp:firstLiquidFueledRocketLaunchDate 1926-03-16
gptkbp:firstLiquidFueledRocketLaunchLocation gptkb:Auburn,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Robert_Hutchings_Goddard
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert H. Goddard
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:NASA
gptkb:Wernher_von_Braun
modern rocketry
gptkbp:knownFor launching the first liquid-fueled rocket
pioneering modern rocketry
gptkbp:legacy Goddard Space Flight Center named after him
Goddard crater on Mars named after him
Goddard crater on the Moon named after him
Goddard High School in Roswell, New Mexico named after him
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:American_Rocket_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Method_of_Reaching_Extreme_Altitudes
gptkb:Development_of_the_First_Liquid-Fueled_Rocket
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:physicist
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Nahum_Danford_Goddard
gptkb:Fannie_Louise_Hoyt_Goddard
gptkbp:patent gptkb:US_Patent_1,102,653_(Rocket_Apparatus)
gptkb:US_Patent_1,103,503_(Rocket_Apparatus)
gptkb:US_Patent_1,159,209_(Rocket_Apparatus)
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:A_Method_of_Reaching_Extreme_Altitudes_(1919)
gptkbp:religion Congregationalist
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Hope_Cemetery,_Worcester,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:signature Robert H Goddard signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Esther_Christine_Kisk
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Goddard:_Rocket_Man_(PBS_documentary)
gptkb:The_Rocket_Man:_Robert_H._Goddard_and_the_Birth_of_the_Space_Age_(book)
biographies
documentaries
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Scott_Medal
gptkb:Langley_Gold_Medal
gptkb:Rocketry
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4