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Robert W. Wood

1868 - 1955

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Robert Williams Wood (May 2, 1868 – August 11, 1955) was an American physicist and inventor who made pivotal contributions to the field of optics. He pioneered infrared and ultraviolet photography. Wood's patents and theoretical work inform modern understanding of the physics of ultraviolet light, and made possible myriad uses of UV fluorescence which became popular after World War I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert W. Wood has received more than 146,380 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert W. Wood is the 439th most popular physicist (down from 380th in 2019), the 3,027th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,581st in 2019) and the 91st most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Robert W. Wood ranks 439 out of 851. Before him are Giovanni Battista Amici, Hendrik Casimir, Anatoli Bugorski, Vladimir Fock, Charles Galton Darwin, and George Volkoff. After him are Heinrich Rubens, Walther Meissner, Katharine Burr Blodgett, Richard C. Tolman, Gabriele Veneziano, and Meghnad Saha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Robert W. Wood ranks 88. Before him are Korbinian Brodmann, Arturo Alessandri, Venceslau Brás, Evelyn Beatrice Hall, Wilhelm Schmidt, and Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg. After him are Alois Musil, Camille Jenatzy, Oskar Merikanto, Giovanni Giacometti, Jaan Tõnisson, and Ivan Regen. Among people deceased in 1955, Robert W. Wood ranks 69. Before him are Luis Otero, Cy Young, Louis Lachenal, Emma Jung, Antanas Merkys, and Edward Kasner. After him are Léon Werth, Isak Samokovlija, Holger Nielsen, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Arthur Tansley, and Jim Corbett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert W. Wood ranks 3,027 out of 20,380. Before him are Octavia Spencer (1972), William Powell (1892), John Paul Getty III (1956), The Miz (1980), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), and Kate Millett (1934). After him are Frank Wolff (1928), George Mason (1725), Bobby Kimball (1947), Gutzon Borglum (1867), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), and Kate Chopin (1850).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Robert W. Wood ranks 91. Before him are Saul Perlmutter (1959), Karl Guthe Jansky (1905), Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), Philip Morrison (1915), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), and Mildred Dresselhaus (1930). After him are Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898), Richard C. Tolman (1881), Lyman Spitzer (1914), Alan Guth (1947), Clarence Zener (1905), and Maurice Karnaugh (1924).

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