Jaroff, Leon
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Fuller Name
- Leon Morton
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1927-02-27
Death Date
- 2012-10-20
Birth Place
- Detroit, Mich.
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
Journalist
Periodical editor
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Sources
- found: His The new genetics, c1991:t.p. (Leon Jaroff) jkt. (a founder and first managing editor of Discover magazine; a trustee of the Neurosciences Research Foundation in New York and a director of the Rogosin Institute)
- found: New York times WWW site, Oct. 22, 2012(in obituary published Oct. 21: Leon Jaroff; b. Leon Morton Jaroff, Feb. 27, 1927, Detroit; d. Saturday [Oct. 20, 2012], East Hampton, N.Y., aged 85; science writer and editor who persuaded Time Inc. to start Discover magazine in 1980, became its top editor, and for many years wrote the popular Skeptical eye column challenging pseudosciences)
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Change Notes
- 1991-09-19: new
- 2012-10-22: revised
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