Robert R. Wilson

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
gptkb:sculptor
gptkbp:award gptkb:Elliott_Cresson_Medal
gptkb:Enrico_Fermi_Award
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkbp:birthDate 1914-03-04
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Frontier,_Wyoming,_USA
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contributedTo design of the Cornell Electron Storage Ring
design of the Tevatron
development of cyclotrons
development of proton accelerators
gptkbp:deathDate 2000-01-16
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Ithaca,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Ernest_O._Lawrence
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkb:Fermilab
gptkb:Los_Alamos_Laboratory
gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:field accelerator physics
particle physics
physics
gptkbp:hasPhD gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert R. Wilson
gptkbp:influenced development of particle accelerators
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ernest_O._Lawrence
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Brookhaven_National_Laboratory
gptkb:Fermilab
gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkb:sculpture
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork Fermilab's main ring design
sculpture 'Broken Symmetry'
sculpture 'The Hyperbolic Obelisk'
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:position Director of Fermilab
gptkbp:signature Robert R. Wilson signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jane_Inez_Wilson
gptkbp:termEnd 1978
gptkbp:termStart 1967
gptkbp:thesisTitle gptkb:Theory_of_the_Cyclotron
gptkbp:thesisYear 1940
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ernest_O._Lawrence
gptkb:Manhattan_Engineer_District
gptkb:Site_Y_(Los_Alamos)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3