Robert H. GODDARD

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Physicist, Inventor

AmericanBorn Robert Hutchings GODDARD

American Engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket

Born on October 5, 1882 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA , United States

Died on August 10, 1945 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Goddard was born in 1882 in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Nahum Danford Goddard (1859–1928) and Fannie Louise Hoyt (1864–1920). Robert was their only child to survive; a younger son, Richard Henry, was born with a spinal deformity, and died before his first birthday. His was an old New England family, and he had that section's qualities of determination and mechanical ability. With a curiosity about nature, he studied the heavens using a telescope from his father and observed the birds flying. A country boy, he loved the outdoors and became an excellent marksman with a rifle. ...   Goddard was born in 1882 in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Nahum Danford Goddard (1859–1928) and Fannie Louise Hoyt (1864–1920). Robert was their only child to survive; a younger son, Richard Henry, was born with a spinal deformity, and died before his first birthday. His was an old New England family, and he had that section's qualities of determination and mechanical ability. With a curiosity about nature, he studied the heavens using a telescope from his father and observed the birds flying. A country boy, he loved the outdoors and became an excellent marksman with a rifle.



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