| LC control no. | n 79077374 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 |
| Variant(s) | Hoover, John Edgar, 1895-1972 Hu-fo, 1895-1972 Guver, Dzhon Ėdgar, 1895-1972 |
| Birth date | 1895-01-01 |
| Death date | 1972-05-02 |
| Affiliation | United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Bureau of Investigation |
| Found in | Cooper, C.R. Ten thousand public enemies ... 1935. http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe (Dzhon Ėdgar Guver) Info. converted from 678, 2014-08-05 (died 2 May 1972) English Wikipedia website, viewed Aug. 5, 2014 (John Edgar Hoover (Jan. 1, 1895--May 2, 1972) was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States. Appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation--predecessor to the FBI--in 1924, he was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, where he remained director until his death in 1972 at age 77. Hoover is credited with building the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency, and with instituting a number of modernizations to police technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories; born and died in Washington, D.C.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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