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Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1940-02-26
Death Date
- 2016-11-17
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Boston University
- Organization: Flag Research Center (U.S.)
- Organization: North American Vexillological Association
Birth Place
- Arlington (Mass.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
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Sources
- found: The bibliography of flags of foreign nations, 1965:t.p. (Whitney Smith)
- found: Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014(A dir. of Flag Research Ctr., Winchester, Mass.)
- found: Wikipedia, viewed August 20, 2015(Whitney Smith (born February 26, 1940 at Arlington, Mass.; a professional scholar of flags, founded the Flag Research Center which was located in Winchester, Massachusetts for 45 years; Ph.D. from Boston University; instructor and assistant professor of political science at Boston University from 1964 to 1970; founder of the North American Vexillological Association in 1967) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Smith
- found: New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 23, 2016(in obituary published Nov. 22: Whitney Smith; b. Whitney Smith Jr., Feb. 26, 1940, Arlington, Mass.; grew up in Lexington and Winchester; d. Thursday [Nov. 17, 2016], Peabody, Mass., aged 76; turned a childhood fascination with flags into a scholarly discipline--vexillology--of which he was the leading light)
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Change Notes
- 1979-07-24: new
- 2023-09-09: revised
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