Price, Derek J. de Solla 1922-1983

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Name (Latin)
Price, Derek J. de Solla 1922-1983
Other forms of name
Price, Derek John de Solla
De Solla Price, Derek J. (Derek John), 1922-1983
Price, Derek de Solla, 1922-1983
Price, Derek DeSolla, 1922-1983
Date of birth
1922-01-22
Date of death
1983-09-03
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Ph.D.
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 52650
Wikidata: Q764747
Library of congress: n 50027474
OCoLC: oca00062858
Sources of Information
  • Information from 678 converted Dec. 15, 2014(Ph.D.)
  • An old palmistry, 1953.
  • Frontiers of science, c1982:CIP galley (Derek deSolla Price)
  • His Little science, big science-- and beyond, 1986, c1985:CIP t.p. (Derek J. de Solla Price) galley (d. 1983; b. 1-22-22; Derek John Price; adopted "de Solla" as middle name in 1950; indexed in Science citation index under De Solla-Price, D.)
  • Cataloger's knowledge (Derek J. de Solla Price's surname commonly referred to as De Solla-Price)
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Wikipedia description:

Derek John de Solla Price (22 January 1922 – 3 September 1983) was a British physicist, historian of science, and information scientist. He was known for his investigation of the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek planetary computer, and for quantitative studies on scientific publications, which led to his being described as the "Herald of scientometrics".

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