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Victor Starr

American meteorologist
Person Human Q44406856

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
March 23, 1909
Date of death
March 14, 1976
Place of birth
Dover
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
academic
Employer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology[8]
Educated at
University of Chicago[9]
Award received
Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal[11]
Spouse
Joanne Simpson[6]
Doctoral advisor
Carl-Gustaf Rossby[10]
Doctoral student
Barry Saltzman, Robert E. Dickinson, George W. Platzman, Richard Godfrey Hendl, Richard David Rosen, Charles Tony Gordon, Stanley David Gedzelman, Marvin A. Geller, Peter Augustus Gilman, Eugene M. Rasmusson, David Howard Shonting, Walter Leland Jones, Godwin Obasi, Sidney Teweles, Arnold Appleton Barnes, Charles E. Anderson, Clayton Everett Jensen, Louis Berkofsky, Eugene James Aubert, Alan J. Faller, Richard L. Pfeffer, W. Lawrence Gates, William Stelling von Arx, Leon S. Pocinki, Philip Duncan Thompson, Aaron Fleisher[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Archives at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries[27]
Family name
Starr[28]
Given name
Victor[29]
Place of burial
Sharon Memorial Park[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Victor Paul Starr en Victor P. Starr en Victor Starr de V. P. Starr ko 빅터 스타 ko 빅터 폴 스타
🔖 Identifiers · 19
ISNI
0000000038082882
VIAF cluster ID
32390735
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n87822537
GND ID
1055346880
Academic Tree ID
273962
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1055346880
FAST ID
1478101
Find a Grave memorial ID
125809434
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/115664b8g
IdRef ID
15878362X
J9U entity ID
987007272856205171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
1055346880
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MR Author ID
544312
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
222401
NUKAT ID
n2006077054
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000488254
SHARE Catalogue author ID
51933
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmDpqrfKV6BDmTfvywjYP
Yale LUX ID
person/ad7e3bbb-79ac-4d78-a88a-2bb2e7cc8d3c

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Summary

Victor Starr was born on March 23, 1909[1], in Dover[2]. He died on March 14, 1976[3]. He worked as an academic[4].

FAQs

Where was Victor Starr born?

Victor Starr's place of birth was Dover[2].

Who was Victor Starr married to?

Victor Starr's spouses include Joanne Simpson[6].

What did Victor Starr do for work?

Victor Starr worked as an academic[4].

Where did Victor Starr go to school?

Victor Starr was educated at University of Chicago[9].

What awards did Victor Starr receive?

Honors received include Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal[11].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ametsoc.org. ametsoc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . archivesspace.mit.edu. archivesspace.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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