Researching Robert Lin
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 19 people with the Lin surname? In that year Lin was ranked number 3560 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
Records of Robert Lin on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Robert Lin and the Lin Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lin Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Lin family tree.
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Lin Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 27344 people with the Lin surname in the USA? Lin is ranked number 148 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Robert Lin
Robert Lin
Robert Peichung Lin ( January 24, 1942 – November 17, 2012) was Chinese-born American astrophysicist. He was a professor and director of the Space Sciences Laboratory (1998-2008) at the University of California, Berkeley. He was credited with inventing the field of high energy space physics and was the Principal Investigator for the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI).
Lin's research focused on experimental space physics and high energy astrophysics. He made major contributions to topics involving solar flares, plasma phenomena in the Earth's magnetosphere, lunar and planetary geology, heliospheric physics, and high-energy astrophysics. In 2006, Lin was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his contributions to the "behavior of electrons and ions accelerated by the sun, and detected the accompanying x-ray and gamma-ray emissions."
Robert Lin was the son of Tung Hua Lin. He was born in Guangxi, China on January 24, 1942, and moved to London as a child and then to Michigan, United States. He graduated with a B.S. from the California Institute of Technology in 1962, and obtained his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 1967.
Lin suffered a sudden stroke on November 17, 2012, and died at Alta Bates Medical Center, aged 70.
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