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Robert Rathbun Wilson

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Robert Rathbun Wilson Famous memorial

Birth
Frontier, Lincoln County, Wyoming, USA
Death
16 Jan 2000 (aged 85)
Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA
Burial
Batavia Junction, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Scientist. A physicist, he was leader of the cyclotron group and later head of the Physics Research Division for the Manhattan Project. Founding director of the Laboratory of Nuclear Studies at Cornell University (1947 to 1967) and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois (1967 to 1978). Pioneer in the use of accelerated hadrons for cancer therapy.
Scientist. A physicist, he was leader of the cyclotron group and later head of the Physics Research Division for the Manhattan Project. Founding director of the Laboratory of Nuclear Studies at Cornell University (1947 to 1967) and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois (1967 to 1978). Pioneer in the use of accelerated hadrons for cancer therapy.


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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Greg Derylo
  • Added: Mar 3, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8463861/robert_rathbun-wilson: accessed ), memorial page for Robert Rathbun Wilson (4 Mar 1914–16 Jan 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8463861, citing Pioneer Cemetery, Batavia Junction, DuPage County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.