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David Todd Wilkinson
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American cosmologist (1935–2002)
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David Todd Wilkinson was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, and university teacher. Born in Hillsdale in 1935, he was educated at the University of Michigan. He served as a faculty member at Princeton University and worked in the field of cosmology. His doctoral advisor was Horace Richard Crane, and he supervised doctoral student Marc Davis.
Wilkinson received the Guggenheim Fellowship and the James Craig Watson Medal. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He died of cancer in Princeton in 2002 due to natural causes. His work is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Todd
- Family name
- Wilkinson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hillsdale
- Place of death
- Princeton
- Occupation
- astrophysicist
- Educated at
- University of Michigan
- Employer
- Princeton University
- Doctoral advisor
- Horace Richard Crane
- Field of work
- cosmology
- Image
- David Todd Wilkinson.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1935-05-13
- date of death
- 2002-09-05
- Commons category
- David Todd Wilkinson
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
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