Robert Wilson (astronomer)
(1927-2002)
British astronomer
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Sir 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.
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16 April 1927
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2 September 2002 (aged 75)
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