Bagnold, Ralph A. (Ralph Alger), 1896-1990
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Fuller Name
- Ralph Alger
Variants
- Bagnold, Ralph Alger, 1896-
- Bagnold, R. A. (Ralph Alger), 1896-1990
- باجنولد، رالف ألجر, 1896-1990
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1896-04-03
Death Date
- 1990-05-28
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Great Britain. Army. Long Range Desert Group
Birth Place
- Devonport (England)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Deserts--Africa, North--Discovery and exploration
Occupation
(aat) Military officers
(aat) Explorers
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Earlier Established Forms
- Bagnold, Ralph Alger, 1896-
Sources
- found: LCCN 70-605540: Bagnold, Ralph Alger, 1896-. An approach to the sediment transport ... 1966(hdg.: Bagnold, Ralph Alger, 1896- ; usage: R.A. Bagnold)
- found: LC data base, 6-27-86(hdg.: Bagnold, Ralph Alger, 1896- ; usage: Ralph A. Bagnold)
- found: His Sand, wind, and war, c1990:CIP t.p. (Ralph A. Bagnold) data sheet (b. 1896; d. 1990)
- found: Wikipedia, May 29, 2018(Brigadier Ralph Alger Bagnold, FRS OBE, (3 April 1896 - 28 May 1990) was the founder and first commander of the British Army's Long Range Desert Group during World War II. He is also generally considered to have been a pioneer of desert exploration, an acclaim earned for his activities during the 1930s. These included the first recorded east-west crossing of the Libyan Desert (1932); He laid the foundations for the research on sand transport by wind in his influential book The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes; born in Devonport, England
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Change Notes
- 1986-07-14: new
- 2018-05-30: revised
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