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| Born | Robert Eugene Williams October 14, 1940 Dunsmuir, California, U.S. |
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| Thesis | The Ionization and Temperature Equilibrium of a Gas Excited by Optical Synchrotron Radiation (1965) |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald E. Osterbrock |
| Website | stsci |
Robert Eugene Williams (October 14, 1940)[1] is an American astronomer who served as the director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) from 1993 to 1998,[2] and the president of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) from 2009 to 2012.[3][2] Prior to his work at STScI, he was a professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona in Tucson for 18 years and the director of Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory from 1986 to 1993.[4]
- ^ Nemeh, Katherine H., ed. (2020). "Williams, Robert Eugene". American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences. Vol. 16 (38th ed.). Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale. p. 12069. ISBN 978-0-02-866695-2. OCLC 1152235791.
- ^ a b "Prof. ROBERT WILLIAMS - Biography" (PDF). Space Telescope Science Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 8, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Robert Williams". International Astronomical Union. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Robert Williams". Space Telescope Science Institute. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2023.