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Robert H. Goddard

1882 - 1945

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Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which was successfully launched on March 16, 1926. By 1915 his pioneering work had dramatically improved the efficiency of the solid-fueled rocket, signaling the era of the modern rocket and innovation. He and his team launched 34 rockets between 1926 and 1941, achieving altitudes as high as 2.6 km (1.6 mi) and speeds as fast as 885 km/h (550 mph). Goddard's work as both theorist and engineer anticipated many of the developments that would make spaceflight possible. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert H. Goddard is the 218th most popular physicist (down from 192nd in 2019), the 817th most popular biography from United States (down from 714th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Physicist.

Robert H. Goddard is most famous for his contributions to the development of modern rocketry. He was the first person to create and launch a liquid-fueled rocket.

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Among physicists, Robert H. Goddard ranks 218 out of 851. Before him are David Lee, Pyotr Kapitsa, Yoichiro Nambu, Joseph Rotblat, Steven Weinberg, and Wolfgang Paul. After him are Melvin Schwartz, Roy J. Glauber, Ralph Asher Alpher, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Michio Kaku, and Andrew Huxley.

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Among people born in 1882, Robert H. Goddard ranks 40. Before him are William Halsey Jr., Arthur Eddington, Princess Margaret of Connaught, René Coty, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, and Charles Ponzi. After him are Karol Szymanowski, Jacques Maritain, Hugh Dowding, A. A. Milne, Moritz Schlick, and Nicolai Hartmann. Among people deceased in 1945, Robert H. Goddard ranks 54. Before him are Karl Hanke, Yun Chi-ho, Robert Ritter von Greim, Edgar Cayce, Theodore Dreiser, and Franz Werfel. After him are Karl-Otto Koch, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Oskar Dirlewanger, Heinrich Wölfflin, and Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert H. Goddard ranks 817 out of 20,380. Before him are Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), Quincy Jones (1933), William Sadler (1950), Dennis Ritchie (1941), Stephen Collins (1947), and Walt Whitman Rostow (1916). After him are Telly Savalas (1922), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), Duke Ellington (1899), Robert Johnson (1911), Melvin Schwartz (1932), and Brandon Lee (1965).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Robert H. Goddard ranks 43. Before him are Hugh Everett III (1930), Murray Gell-Mann (1929), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), James Cronin (1931), David Lee (1931), and Steven Weinberg (1933). After him are Melvin Schwartz (1932), Roy J. Glauber (1925), Ralph Asher Alpher (1921), Michio Kaku (1947), Frederick Reines (1918), and Robert Hofstadter (1915).

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