# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-w-wood
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:21:47.426Z

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name: "Robert W. Wood"
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description: "Robert Williams Wood was an American physicist and inventor who made pivotal contributions to the field of optics. He pioneered infrared and ultraviolet photography. Wood's patents and theoretical work inform modern understanding of the physics of ultraviolet light, and made possible myriad uses of UV fluorescence, which became popular after World War I. He published many articles on spectroscopy, phosphorescence, diffraction, and ultraviolet light."
tagline: "American physicist and inventor (1868–1955)"
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birthDate: "1868-05-02"
deathDate: "1955-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump