Howard P. Robertson

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cosmologist human mathematician physicist

Howard P. Robertson was an American mathematician and physicist known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology and the formulation of the Robertson–Walker metric used in modern cosmological models.

Aliases (1)

Howard Percy Robertson ×1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cosmologist → human → mathematician → physicist →
awardReceived	Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science → Henry Norris Russell Lectureship →
contributedTo	development of homogeneous and isotropic cosmological models → mathematical formulation of expanding universe models →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Georgia Institute of Technology → Rice University → University of Göttingen →
employer	California Institute of Technology → Princeton University →
familyName	Robertson →
fieldOfWork	cosmology → general relativity → mathematical physics → relativistic cosmology →
givenName	Howard →
hasAcademicAdvisor	Hermann Weyl → Max Born →
hasResearchArea	cosmological models → differential geometry → theoretical physics →
influenced	modern cosmology → standard model of cosmology →
knownFor	formulation of the Robertson–Walker metric → foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology → work on the foundations of general relativity →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	National Academy of Sciences →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableStudent	John Archibald Wheeler →
notableWork	Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric → Robertson–Walker cosmological models → Robertson–Walker metric →
occupation	university teacher →
partOf	American school of relativistic cosmology →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Pasadena, California → Princeton, New Jersey →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arthur Geoffrey Walker ("Howard Percy Robertson") →	coAuthor
FLRW cosmological models →	namedAfter