| LC control no. | n 77020270 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lessem, Don |
| Variant(s) | Lessem, Dino Don |
| See also | Founded corporate body: Dinosaur Society (U.S.) Founded corporate body: ExhibitsRex (Firm) |
| Located | Media (Pa.) |
| Address | dinodon@dinodon.com |
| Birth date | 1951-12-02 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Dinosaurs Children's literature |
| Affiliation | Brandeis University University of Massachusetts at Boston Massachusetts Institute of Technology Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Smithsonian Institution. Center for Short-lived Phenomena |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Paleontologists Journalists |
| Found in | His Life is no ... c1977: t.p. (Don Lessem) jacket (co-ordinator for Endangered Species Monitoring for the Center for Short-lived Phenomena, Cambridge, Mass.) Horner, J.R. Digging up Tyrannosaurus Rex, 1992: CIP t.p. (Don Lessem) data sheet (b. Dec. 2, 1951) All the dirt on dinosaurs, c2001: t.p. ("Dino" Don Lessem) Scholastic dinosaurs A-Z, 2003: title page (Don Lessem) rear dust jacket flap ("Dino" Don Lessem has written more than 30 books about dinosaurs for children and adults) Scholastic website, Dec. 16, 2013: biography page for Don Lessem (born in New York City in 1951; studied Oriental art history at Brandeis University, biobehavioralism at the University of Massachusetts, and was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976; founder of the Dinosaur Society; member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology) "Dino" Don Inc. website, Dec. 16, 2013: contact page (1640 N. Ridley Creek Rd., Media, PA 19063; email: dinodon@dinodon.com) Wikipedia, Dec. 16, 2013: ("Dino Don" Lessem, born in 1951, writer who specializes in dinosaurs; founder of the Dinosaur Society and the Jurassic Foundation; BA, Brandeis University, 1973; biobehavioral studies post-graduation concentration, U. Mass/Boston, 1978; Knight Journalism Fellow at M.I.T. in 1988; began writing career with the Smithsonian Center for Short-Loved Phenomena; written for the Boston Globe, Life, the New York Times, and the Smithsonian magazine; advisor to films and theme parks; written and hosted television shows and documentaries on dinosaurs; founder of Exhibits Rex, an exhbitiion company that creates traveling museum exhibits; his company, DKV Sponsorship holds the sponsorship rights to the principal entry to the Great Wall of China) |
| Associated language | eng |
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