What is George Robert Carruthers?
{{Infobox scientist | name = George Robert Carruthers | image = Lunar Surface Ultraviolet Camera (9460222206).jpg | image_size = 300px | caption = George Carruthers, center, discusses the Lunar Surface Ultraviolet Camera with Apollo 16 Commander [[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]], right. From left are Lunar Module Pilot [[Charles Duke]] and [[Rocco Petrone]], Apollo Program Director. | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|10|1}} | birth_place = [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|26|1939|10|1}} | death_place = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = [[United States]] | ethnicity = | field = [[physics]] | work_institutions = | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = Invention of the ultraviolet camera/spectrograph | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | prizes = [[Arthur S. Flemming Award]] (Washington Jaycees), 1970 | religion = | footnotes = | signature = }} '''George Robert Carruthers''' (October 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020)<ref name=NBSPObit>[https://nsbp.org/news/545345/Dr.-George-Carruthers-Passed-Away.htm Dr. George Carruthers Passed Away]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, at the [[National Society of Black Physicists]]; published December 27, 2020; retrieved December 28, 2020</ref> was an American inventor, [[physicist]], [[engineer]] and [[space scientist]]. He helped create the [[Spectrograph|ultraviolet camera/spectrograph]] for [[NASA]] and they used it on [[Apollo 16]] in 1972. He designed it so astronauts could use it on the lunar surface. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carruthers, George Robert}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American inventors]] [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:Engineers from Ohio]] [[Category:Scientists f