Robert Woodrow Wilson Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Robert Woodrow Wilson, based on 3 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

3 records1964–19782 events2 places

Chronological biography

1964

Cosmic Microwave Background1964

Science / Astronomy · Physicist · Bell Telephone Laboratories

Wilson detects the same persistent microwave noise with the Holmdel horn antenna

1965

Cosmic Microwave Background1965

Science / Astronomy · Physicist · Bell Telephone Laboratories

Wilson publishes the microwave excess with Penzias, providing decisive evidence for a hot early universe

1978

Nobel Prize10 December 1978

Science / Astronomy · Physicist · Stockholm

Wilson receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for the microwave background discovery

Titles and roles

Physicist

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.