Dobson, John L. (John Lowry), 1915-2014

URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91044179

Fuller Name

• John Lowry

Additional Information

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n91044179

• Birth Date

  1915-09-14

• Death Date

  2014-01-15

• Birth Place

  Beijing (China)

• Associated Language

  English

• Field of Activity

  (lcsh) Telescopes--Design and construction

  Astronomy




• Occupation

  Astronomer

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++91044179#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Dobson, John L (John Lowry), 1915-2014
• Dobson, John Lowry
• John Dobson Label from public data source Wikidata

Sources

• found: His How and why to make a user-friendly sidewalk telescope, c1991:CIP t.p. (John L. Dobson) copr. (John Lowry Dobson) data sheet (b. 9-14-15)
• found: New York times (online), viewed Jan. 22, 2014(in obituary published Jan. 21: John Dobson; b. John Lowry Dobson, Sept. 14, 1915, Beijing; d. last Wednesday [Jan. 15, 2014], Burbank, Calif., aged 98; developed the first high-powered, inexpensive, telescope for amateur astronomers)

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF PersonalName
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Change Notes

• 1991-05-03: new
• 2014-01-22: revised

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