Robert Wilson

Robert Woodrow Wilson is an American astronomer who shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arno Penzias "for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation".

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Who was born first?

• Robert Wilson and Alan J. Heeger were born the same year
• Robert Wilson and Hideki Shirakawa were born the same year
• Robert Wilson and Margaret Hamilton (software engineer) were born the same year
• Robert Wilson and Barry C. Barish were born the same year
• Robert Wilson and Samuel C. C. Ting were born the same year

Timeline

1. Alan J. HeegerJanuary 22, 1936 – present
2. Barry C. BarishJanuary 27, 1936 – present
3. Hideki ShirakawaAugust 20, 1936 – August 24, 2026
4. Margaret Hamilton (software engineer)August 17, 1936 – September 30, 2026
5. Robert Wilson (this page)January 10, 1936 – present
6. Samuel C. C. TingJanuary 27, 1936 – present

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• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
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• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Thomas EdisonFebruary 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934