Thrower, Norman Joseph William (1919-2020)

Thrower, Norman Joseph William (1919-2020)

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Identifiant pérenne de la notice : 028461576

URI de l'entité : http://www.idref.fr/028461576/id

Notice de type Personne

Point d'accès autorisé

Thrower, Norman Joseph William (1919-2020)

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Variante de point d'accès

Thrower, Norman J. W.

[Nom de personne]

Information

(par souci de protection des données à caractère personnel, le jour et le mois de naissance peuvent ne pas être affichés)

Langue d'expression : anglais

Pays : Etats-Unis d'Amérique

Date de naissance : 23 / 10 / 1919

Date de mort : 02 / 09 / 2020

Notes

Note publique d'information :

Cartographe et historien

Identifiants externes

Identifiant VIAF : http://viaf.org/viaf/90716718

Identifiant ARK BNF : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12029287g

Identifiant ISNI : 0000000110761020

Source

Internet : http://www.sochistdisc.org/fellows/thrower.htm, 2012-08-21

Information trouvée : date de naissance

Sir Francis Drake and the famous voyage, 1577-1580 / ed. by Norman J.W. Thrower, 1984

https://www.californiamapsociety.org/, 2020-09-16

Information trouvée : Norman Joseph William Thrower, 100, was born October 23, 1919, in Crowthorne, England and he passed away September 2, 2020, at his home in Pacific Palisades. Norman attended art school at Reading University. His art training was interrupted by WWII. At 21, he joined the British army. His artillery unit ended up in India. Because of his art skills, he was able to join The Survey of India, train as a cartographer, and make topographic maps during the war. After the war, he returned to England, where he did cartography for the Directorate of Colonial Surveys. He joined the Geography Department at U.C.L.A. where he rose to the highest rank of Full Professor. In 1975 he was appointed by Governor Ronald Reagan to the Sir Frances Drake Commission to make preparations for the 400th celebration of Drake's circumnavigation of the world.

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