| LC control no. | n 79081889 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Baldwin, Ralph Belknap, 1912-2010 |
| Variant(s) | Baldwin, Ralph B. (Ralph Belknap), 1912-2010 |
| Birth date | 1912-06-06 |
| Death date | 2010-10-23 |
| Place of birth | Grand Rapids (Mich.) |
| Place of death | Grand Rapids (Mich.) |
| Field of activity | Lunar craters |
| Affiliation | Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Profession or occupation | Planetary scientists |
| Found in | The spectrum of Nova Cygni III (1920), 1943: title page (Ralph B. Baldwin) LCCN 65-25537: His A fundamental survey of the moon, 1965 (hdg.: Baldwin, Ralph Belknap, 1912- ; usage: Ralph B. Baldwin) The face of the moon, 1949: title page (Ralph B. Baldwin) The deadly fuze : the secret weapon of World War II, 1980: title page (Ralph B. Baldwin) Wikipedia, February 6, 2020 (Ralph Belknap Baldwin; Ralph Belknap Baldwin (June 6, 1912-October 23, 2010) was an American planetary scientist known for his work on lunar craters, beginning in the late 1940s; his book, The Face of the Moon, made the case for the impact nature of lunar craters; he published The Measure of the Moon in 1963; prior to his lunar work he was Senior Physicist at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory during World War II working on the Proximity fuze; in 1947 he began working for Oliver Machinery Company; in 1970 he became president of the company and chairman of the board in 1982; he retired in 1984; he was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and attended the University of Michigan, receiving his B.S. in 1934, M.S. in 1935, and Ph. D. in 1937; after graduation, he taught astronomy at the University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, and Northwestern University from 1935 through 1942; he died in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the age of 98) |
| Associated language | eng |
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