LC control no. | n 83829279 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Glaser, Peter E. (Peter Edward), 1923-2014 |
Variant(s) | Glaser, Peter Edward, 1923- Glaser, P. E. (Peter Edward), 1923-2014 |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 19230905 |
Death date | 20140529 |
Place of birth | Žatec (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic) |
Place of death | Lexington (Mass.) |
Field of activity | Satellite solar power stations |
Affiliation | Arthur D. Little, Inc. |
Profession or occupation | Mechanical engineers |
Found in | LCCN 64-19979: His Thermal imaging techniques, 1964 (hdg.: Glaser, Peter Edward, 1923- ; usage: Peter E. Glaser) LC data base 2-1-84 (hdg.: Glaser, Peter Edward, 1923- ; usage: Peter E. Glaser) Solar power satellites, 1992: CIP t.p. (P.E. Glaser, vice president, Arthur D. Little Inc., USA) New York times (online), viewed June 6, 2014 (in obituary published June 5: Peter Glaser; Peter Edward Glaser; b. Sept. 5, 1923, Zatec, Czechoslovakia; fled to England with his family in the late 1930s; immigrated to the U.S., 1948; d. May 29, Lexington, Mass., aged 90; in the late 1960s envisioned a way to harness limitless solar power in space and transmit it for use on Earth via invisible microwaves, a notion so intriguing that the government spent $20 million studying it, only to conclude that it was too complex and expensive) |
Associated language | eng |