Dr.
Robert
Hutchings
Goddard
Born in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Esther Christine (Kisk) Goddard
— married
21 Jun 1924 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 62
in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Biography
Robert Goddard is Notable.
Pioneering scientist of modern rocket propulsion
Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) was a physicist who is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion. His scientific advancements facilitated the space program and the concomitant technology advancements that resulted from the space program.
Robert [1][2] was born on 05 Oct 1882 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. [3][4]
He attended Worcester South High School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Clark University. He constructed and successfully tested the first rocket using liquid fuel. His rocket advancement on March 16, 1926 in Auburn, Massachusetts, is considered as significant to the history of flight as the Wright brothers' flights in Kitty Hawk. He received numerous awards including the Congressional Gold Medal, the Daniel Guggenheim Medal, and the Langley Gold Medal. He was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame.
Robert died in Baltimore, Maryland on August 10, 1945, and is buried in Hope Cemetery, Worcester. [5]
NASA dedicated the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland in his honor on May 1, 1959. Schools named after Robert include the Robert Goddard Montessori School in Maryland.
Research Notes
- Residence, Worcester Ward 8, 1910, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA[6]
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S68 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Worcester Ward 7, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: T623_697; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 1774.
- ↑ Source: #S72 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Worcester Ward 8, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_633; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 1908; Image: 518.
- ↑ Source: #S68 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Worcester Ward 7, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: T623_697; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 1774.
- ↑ Source: #S72 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Worcester Ward 8, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_633; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 1908; Image: 518.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #398.
- ↑ Source: #S72 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Worcester Ward 8, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_633; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 1908; Image: 518.
- Source: S68 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1900 USA Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - USA Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the USA 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;
- Source: S72 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1910 USA Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - USA Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United.
- NASA, Robert Goddard, https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/history/dr_goddard.html (Accessed May 13, 2022).
- Robert Goddard Montessori School, https://www.pgcps.org/robertgoddardmontessori/. (Accessed May 13, 2022)
- Inventors Hall of Fame, Robert Goddard, https://www.invent.org/inductees/robert-hutchings-goddard. (Accessed May 13, 2022)
See also:
- Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
- Wikidata: Item Q182546, en:Wikipedia
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http://www.clarku.edu/research/goddard/index.cfm I ‘lived’ in that library growing up. I thought it was the greatest place in my neighborhood. He is also my cousin.
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