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# John Noble Wilford

(1933–2025)   Writer

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John Noble Wilford was a writer.

## Quick Facts About John Noble Wilford

Born October 4, 1933

Died December 8, 2025

Profession Writer

## About John Noble Wilford

American journalist (1933–2025)... \| John Noble Wilford was an American author and science journalist for The New York Times. He wrote the front-page article in the Times about the Apollo 11 landing. Wilford was a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting winner.

##  Quotes by John Noble Wilford

> [Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. With a force mightier than gravity, it attracts the eye to its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-noble-wilford/mars-tugs-at-the-human-imagination-like-no-other-planet-with-a-force/)

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[Alluring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alluring/)

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> [The American civil space program is growing to maturity. It has passed through the joys and crises of precocious childhood and now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-noble-wilford/the-american-civil-space-program-is-growing-to-maturity-it-has-passed/)

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[Childhood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood/)

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> [Alone among all creatures, the species that styles itself wise, Homo sapiens, has an abiding interest in its distant origins, knows that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-noble-wilford/alone-among-all-creatures-the-species-that-styles-itself-wise-homo/)

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[Abiding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abiding/)

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