Famous People with Name Robert

Robert Serber            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Serber: was an American physicist who participated in the Manhattan Project.Robert Serber was born in Philadelphia. He earned his B.S. in Engineering Physics from Lehigh University in 1930, his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with John Van Vleck in 1934, after which he was initially going to begin postdoctorate work at Princeton University with Eugene Wigner but, en route, changed his plans and went to work with Robert Oppenheimer at the University of California, Berkeley (and shuttled with Oppenheimer between Berkeley and the California Institute of Technology). In 1938 he took a job at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he stayed until he was recruited for the Manhattan Project. He later became a Professor and Chair of the physics department at Columbia University.

Robert Williams Wood            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Williams Wood: was an American physicist. He was a careful experimenter known for his many contributions to optics including infrared and ultraviolet photography, and the liquid mirror telescope. He discredited the purported phenomenon of N rays.[1] He was also a writer of science fiction and nonsense verse.His fields of interest included Raman spectroscopy, field emission, optics, and the manufacture of diffraction gratings. The optical effect belonging to diffraction grating known as Wood's anomaly is named after him.[3]He discovered that the darkest area of the Moon in ultraviolet light is the Aristarchus Plateau.[citation needed] In 1909, Wood constructed the first practical liquid mirror astronomical telescope, formed by spinning mercury so that it forms a paraboloidal shape, and investigated its benefits and limitations.[4

Robert A. Johnson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert A. Johnson: an American Jungian analyst living in San Diego, California.Johnson's life course may have begun with an automobile accident at 11 years of age, which led to a near-death experience and the loss of a leg. Like Parsifal in the Grail myth, Johnson's youthful spiritual quest led him to encounters with a variety of sages, saints and sinners culminating in his discovery of the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. Johnson began his analytical training at the Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland in 1947, the year it opened. After training with Carl Jung, Emma Jung and Jolande Jacobi he completed his analytical training with Fritz Kunkel in Los Angeles and Toni Sussman in London.

Robert Creeley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Creeley: was an American poet and author of more than sixty books. He is usually associated with the Black Mountain poets, though his verse aesthetic diverged from that school's. He was close with Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, John Wieners and Ed D

Robert Lee Frost            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Lee Frost: was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech.[1] His work frequently employed themes from the early 1900s rural life in New England, using the setting to examine compl

René Robert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

René Robert: is a retired professional ice hockey right winger who played 12 seasons in the NHL between 1970 and 1982. Robert was selected to 2 National Hockey League All-Star Games (1972-73, 1974-75) and was selected as the as the Official NHL All-Star Second Team Right Wing in 1974-75.[

Nicole Robert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicole Robert: is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was part of the Canadian handball team, which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. She played four matches and scored ten goals.

Yvon Robert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Yvon Robert: was a French Canadian professional wrestler who was best known to fans as Yvon "The Lion" Robert.Yvon Robert started wrestling in 1932 at age 17. He got his first stint in American Wrestling Association (Boston). He was trained by Emil Maupas. He was bill

Gilles Robert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gilles Robert: is a politician and teacher in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of Prévost in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member of the Parti Québécois. Robert first obtained a bachelor's degree from the Université de Montréal in history in 1977 and later added a certificate in educational sciences from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1995.

Joseph-Edmond Robert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph-Edmond Robert: was a farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Rouville in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1908 to 1922 as a Liberal member.He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1908 by-election held after Alfred Girard was named a judge. Robert resigned his seat in 1922 after being named colonization and immigration agent for Quebec.