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May 13, 1935 – September 5, 2002
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Wilkinson, David T.
David Wilkinson was Professor of Physics at Princeton University. Other institutional affiliations include the University of Michigan. His research was in the study of cosmic microwave background radiation left over from the hot Big Bang.
May 13, 1935Birth, Hillsdale (Mich.).
1957Obtained BSE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1959Obtained MSE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1962Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1962 – 1963Lecturer in Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1963 – 2002Instructor to Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Emeritus (1963-2002) and Chair, Department of Physics (1987-1990), Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1983Member, National Academy of Sciences.
September 5, 2002Death, Princeton (N.J.).
Cosmologist.
Crane, H. R. (Horace Richard), 1907-2007
PhD advisor at University of Michigan, "A pricision measurement of the g-factor of the free electron," and both employed at University of Michigan.
Davis, M. (Marc)
Advised by Wilkinson at Princeton University, "Search for galaxies at large redshift."
Groth, Edward John, III
Advised by Wilkinson at Princeton University, "Absolute timing of the Crab nebula pulsar, NP0532."
Advised by Wilkinson at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Bargmann, V. (Valentine), 1908-1989
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-
Both employed at Princeton University.
Brown, G. E. (Gerald Edward), 1926-
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Dennison, David M. (David Mathias), 1900-1976
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Gross, David J. (David Jonathan)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Kaspi, Victoria Michelle, 1967-
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Randall, Harrison M. (Harrison McAllister), 1870-
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Shenstone, A. G. (Allen Goodrich)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Smyth, Henry De Wolf, 1898-1986
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Taylor, Joseph H. (Joseph Hooton)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wightman, A. S. (Arthur Strong), 1922-2013
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Department chair and Instructor to Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Emeritus.
University of Michigan. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (1962) and Lecturer in Physics.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
University of Michigan. College of Engineering
Obtained BSE (1957) and MSE (1959).
David Wilkinson papers, 1957-2002 (bulk 1961-2001).
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Princeton University
1 Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Oral history interview with David Todd Wilkinson, 1984 September 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Symposium in honor of H. Richard Crane [sound recording] / at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, 1997 November 8.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
"David Todd Wilkinson: 1935-2002", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences