Robert Hutchings Goddard

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
gptkb:person
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Clark_University
gptkb:Worcester_Polytechnic_Institute
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Daniel_Guggenheim_Medal
gptkb:Langley_Gold_Medal
gptkb:Congressional_Gold_Medal_(posthumously)
gptkbp:birthDate 1882-10-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Worcester,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath throat cancer
gptkbp:deathDate 1945-08-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:A._Wilmer_Duff
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Clark_University
gptkb:Worcester_Polytechnic_Institute
gptkbp:field aerospace engineering
engineering
physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Hutchings Goddard
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:NASA
gptkb:Wernher_von_Braun
modern spaceflight
gptkbp:knownFor liquid-fueled rocket
pioneer of modern rocketry
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:American_Rocket_Society
gptkbp:namesakeOf gptkb:Goddard_Space_Flight_Center
gptkb:Goddard_rocket
gptkb:crater_Goddard_(on_the_Moon)
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Goddard_rocket
first liquid-fueled rocket
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Nahum_Danford_Goddard
gptkb:Fannie_Louise_Hoyt
gptkbp:patent gptkb:US1591878A_(liquid-fueled_rocket_apparatus)
US1103073A (multistage rocket)
gptkbp:publishedIn 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:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_Goddard
gptkb:Robert_H._Goddard
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5