Labels:text | font | paper | letter | document OCR: 1882 Born on October 5 in Worcester, Massachusetts. 1908 Graduates from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 1911 Awarded a PhD in physics from Clark University, Massachusetts. 1912 Begins a year working at Princeton University, New Jersey, where he becomes convinced that his rocketry work will lead to space travel. 1914 July, is granted patents covering propellant feeds, nozzles, combustion chambers, and multistage rockets. 1917 With a $5,000 grant from the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Goddard starts work on a rocket that will take measurements in the high atmosphere. He also becomes involved in developing military rockets. 1919 Publishes A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes. Becomes Professor of Physics at Clark University. 1920-23 Works for the US Navy Bureau of Ordnance at th ...
