Jack Meadows (astronomer)
Arthur Jack Meadows (24 January 1934 – 18 July 2016) was a British astronomer and information scientist. Known for founding the astronomy department of University of Leicester.[1]
He had a wide-ranging career, including working at the British Museum and as a professor of library and information studies.[1] He published extensively (30 books and over 250 journal articles).[2]
Books (selected)
- Communication in Science
- Communicating Research
Honors
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gollark: One of the good things about the internet is the ability to have pseudonyms and not be connected to your real-world identity, which allows (some amount of) safety and helps allow freedom of thought.
gollark: And this is probably some weird semantic argument and/or ethical thing more than something you can "logically prove" either way.
gollark: Looking up and compiling information on people for the purpose of identifying them without their consent is *stalkery behavior*, if not doxxing or some sort of criminal thing, even if that information is theoretically public and they *allegedly* haven't released/misused it.
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References
- Obituary: Jack Meadows, 1934-2016, Times Higher Education, August 18, 2016 by Jack Grove
- Obituary, Association for Information Science and Technology
Further reading
- Jack Meadows obituary by Alice Meadows, The Guardian Tuesday 2 August 2016
- Obituary for Professor Jack Meadows, Loughborough, 2016-08-12
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