Robert R. Wilson

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Fermilab director accelerator physicist human physicist sculptor university teacher

Robert R. Wilson was an American physicist and accelerator designer best known as the founding director and chief architect of the Fermilab particle accelerator complex.

Aliases (1)

Robert Rathbun Wilson ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Fermilab director → accelerator physicist → human → physicist → sculptor → university teacher →
awardReceived	Enrico Fermi Award → National Medal of Science →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1914-03-04 →
dateOfDeath	2000-01-16 →
designed	Fermilab Main Ring accelerator → Fermilab Tevatron accelerator complex →
doctoralAdvisor	Ernest Lawrence →
educatedAt	University of California, Berkeley →
employer	Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory →
familyName	Wilson →
fieldOfWork	accelerator physics → nuclear physics → particle physics →
fullName	Robert Rathbun Wilson →
givenName	Robert →
hasCreated	sculptures at Fermilab site →
hasWorkLocation	Batavia, Illinois, United States → Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States → Ithaca, New York, United States →
influenced	development of large-scale U.S. particle physics facilities →
influencedBy	Ernest Lawrence →
knownFor	advocacy for peaceful uses of nuclear energy → strong-focusing accelerator design work → testimony before the U.S. Congress on the value of basic science →
memberOf	Manhattan Project →
notableFor	architectural and artistic design of Fermilab site → design of particle accelerators → founding director of Fermilab →
occupation	laboratory director → physicist → university professor →
participatedIn	development of the first nuclear weapons →
placeOfBirth	Frontier County, Nebraska, United States →
placeOfDeath	Ithaca, New York, United States →
positionHeld	director of Fermilab → professor at Cornell University → professor at Harvard University →
religion	atheism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Jane Wilson →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory →	director
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory →	employer
Radiation Laboratory →	employerOf
Robert R. Wilson ("Robert Rathbun Wilson") →	fullName