# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/howard-p-robertson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:38:13.424Z

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name: "Howard P. Robertson"
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description: "Howard Percy \"Bob\" Robertson was an American mathematician and physicist known for contributions related to physical cosmology and the uncertainty principle. He was Professor of Mathematical Physics at the California Institute of Technology and Princeton University."
tagline: "American mathematician and physicist (1903–1961)"
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birthDate: "1903-01-27"
deathDate: "1961-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump