Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Robert_Wilson_(astronomer)> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 84 of
84
with 100 items per page.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) abstract "For the American astronomer, see Robert Woodrow WilsonSir Robert Wilson (16 April 1927 - 2 September 2002) CBE, FRS, was the son of a Durham miner. He studied physics at King's College, Durham and obtained his PhD in Edinburgh, where he worked at the Royal Observatory on stellar spectra. He was an astronomer, who fully embraced the opportunities provided by the space age and he was one of the pioneers who laid the groundwork for the development of the Great Space Observatories, such as the Hubble Space Telescope.In 1959 Wilson joined the Plasma Spectroscopy Group at Harwell where he was responsible for measuring the temperature in the Zeta experiment, confirming that it had not been hot enough to have produced thermonuclear fusion. As head of the Plasma Spectroscopy Group at Culham, he led a programme of rocket observations of ultraviolet spectra of the sun and stars. By placing telescopes on rockets and satellites it was possible to avoid the absorption of the ultraviolet light by the Earth's atmosphere and gain a great deal of information about the hot plasmas especially in the Sun's chromosphere and corona.Wilson then became involved in the European Space Research Organisation's first astronomy satellite, the TD-1A mission, and led the British collaboration with Belgium in the S2/68 experiment which in 1972 conducted the first all sky survey in the ultraviolet.Wilson was best known for his role as "father" of the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite. This had started life in 1964 as a proposal to ESRO for a Large Astronomical Satellite, which proved too expensive and studies were abandoned in 1967. Wilson, however, convinced the UK authorities to continue the study, and achieved a radical redesign which at the same time had greater capability and was simpler and therefore cheaper. This concept was called the Ultraviolet Astronomical Satellite (UVAS). It was again submitted to ESRO in November 1968 but despite a favourable assessment report was not accepted. Convinced of the soundness of the concept, Wilson offered the design work to NASA and this ultimately led to IUE, an international project between NASA, ESA and the UK. In 1972 he relinquished his post as Director, Science Research Council's Astrophysics Research Unit, Culham to become Perren Professor of Astronomy at University College London. He was the George Darwin Lecturer of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1985. He was knighted in 1989.".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) birthDate "1927-04-16".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) birthYear "1927".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) deathDate "2002-09-02".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) deathYear "2002".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) viafId "98306500".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) wikiPageExternalLink 490115.pdf.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) wikiPageExternalLink aag_44134.htm.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) wikiPageID "2245682".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) wikiPageRevisionID "544064970".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) dateOfBirth "1927-04-16".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) dateOfDeath "2002-09-02".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) hasPhotoCollection Robert_Wilson_(astronomer).
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) name "Wilson, Robert".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) shortDescription "British astronomer".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) description "British astronomer".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) description "British astronomer".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) subject Category:1927_births.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) subject Category:2002_deaths.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) subject Category:Academics_of_University_College_London.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) subject Category:Alumni_of_Durham_University.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) subject Category:Alumni_of_the_University_of_Edinburgh.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) subject Category:British_astronomers.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) subject Category:Commanders_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) subject Category:Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) subject Category:Knights_Bachelor.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) subject Category:People_from_Durham,_County_Durham.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Academician109759069.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type AcademicsOfUniversityCollegeLondon.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Adult109605289.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type AlumniOfDurhamUniversity.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type AlumniOfTheUniversityOfEdinburgh.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Alumnus109786338.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Associate109816771.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Astronomer109818343.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type BritishAstronomers.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type CausalAgent100007347.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Colleague109935990.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type CommandersOfTheOrderOfTheBritishEmpire.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type CommandingOfficer109941964.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Educator110045713.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type FellowsOfTheRoyalSociety.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Intellectual109621545.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type LivingThing100004258.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type MilitaryOfficer110317007.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Object100002684.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Organism100004475.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Peer109626238.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type PeopleFromDurham,CountyDurham.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Person100007846.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Physicist110428004.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Professional110480253.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Scholar110557854.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Scientist110560637.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Serviceman110582746.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type SkilledWorker110605985.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Whole100003553.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Worker109632518.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type YagoLegalActor.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Agent.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Person.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Person.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Q215627.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Q5.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Agent.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type NaturalPerson.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Thing.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) type Person.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) comment "For the American astronomer, see Robert Woodrow WilsonSir Robert Wilson (16 April 1927 - 2 September 2002) CBE, FRS, was the son of a Durham miner. He studied physics at King's College, Durham and obtained his PhD in Edinburgh, where he worked at the Royal Observatory on stellar spectra.".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) label "Robert Wilson (Astronom)".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) label "Robert Wilson (astronomer)".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) sameAs Robert_Wilson_(Astronom).
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) sameAs m.06ywfb.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) sameAs Q2045745.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) sameAs Q2045745.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) sameAs Robert_Wilson_(astronomer).
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) wasDerivedFrom Robert_Wilson_(astronomer)?oldid=544064970.
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) givenName "Robert".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) isPrimaryTopicOf Robert_Wilson_(astronomer).
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) name "Robert Wilson".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) name "Wilson, Robert".
- Robert_Wilson_(astronomer) surname "Wilson".