Robert W. Wood
| Full Name: |
Robert
William
Wood |
| Born: |
May 2, 1868
Concord, Massachusetts, USA |
| Died: |
August 11, 1955
Amityville, New York, USA |
| Occupation: |
Physician, Writer, Inventor |
| Nationality: |
American |
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Biography
Robert Williams Wood was an American physicist and inventor. He is often cited as being a pivotal contributor to the field of optics and a pioneer of infrared and ultraviolet photography. Wood's patents and theoretical work shed much light on the nature and physics of ultra-violet radiation, and made possible the myriad uses of UV-fluorescence which became popular after World War I.
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