The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)External Link

Wasserburg, Gerald J. (Gerald Joseph), 1927-2016

LC control no.no2011166625
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingWasserburg, Gerald J. (Gerald Joseph), 1927-2016
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
Variant(s)Wasserburg, Gerald Joseph, 1927-2016
Wasserburg, G.J.
Wasserburg, Gerald J. (Gerald Joseph), 1927-
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1927-03-25
Death date2016-06-13
Place of birthNew Brunswick (N.J.)
Field of activityGeology Geology--Study and teaching Geophysics Geophysics--Study and teaching
AffiliationCalifornia Institute of Technology
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
American Philosophical Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Norske videnskaps-akademi
Profession or occupationGeology teachers Physics teachers
University and college faculty members
Found inThe collected writings of G.J. Wasserburg, 1996 t.p. (Gerald J. Wasserburg)
OCLC, July 25, 2011 (hdgs: Wasserburg, Gerald Joseph, 1927-; Wasserburg, Gerald J.; Wasserburg, G.J. ; usage: Gerald J. Wasserburg)
California Institute of Technology WWW site, July 25, 2011: faculty directory page (Gerald J. Wasserburg; John D. MacArthur Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Emeritus)
Lunar and planetary information bulletin, June 2016: page 33 (Gerald J. Wasserburg, 1927-2016; American geologist; at the time of his death, he was the John D. MacArthur Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology; best known for his work in the fields of isotope geochemistry, cosmochemistry, meteoritics, and astrophysics; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1954; joined the faculty at the California Institute of Technology in 1955 as Assistant Professor, became Associate Professor in 1959, and Professor of Geology and Geophysics in 1962; member of the U.S. National Academy of Science, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters)
   <https://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/lpib145.pdf>
Wikipedia, viewed July 15, 2021 (Gerald J. Wasserburg; born March 25, 1927, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA; died June 13, 2016 (aged 89))
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_J._Wasserburg>
Associated languageeng