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Bagnold, Ralph A. (Ralph Alger), 1896-1990

LC control no.n 85162214
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Personal name headingBagnold, Ralph A. (Ralph Alger), 1896-1990
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Variant(s)Bagnold, Ralph Alger, 1896-
Bagnold, R. A. (Ralph Alger), 1896-1990
باجنولد، رالف ألجر, 1896-1990
Associated countryGreat Britain
Birth date1896-04-03
Death date1990-05-28
Place of birthDevonport (England)
Field of activitySand dunes Deserts--Africa, North--Discovery and exploration
AffiliationGreat Britain. Army. Long Range Desert Group
Profession or occupationMilitary officers Explorers
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Found inLCCN 70-605540: Bagnold, Ralph Alger, 1896-. An approach to the sediment transport ... 1966 (hdg.: Bagnold, Ralph Alger, 1896- ; usage: R.A. Bagnold)
LC data base, 6-27-86 (hdg.: Bagnold, Ralph Alger, 1896- ; usage: Ralph A. Bagnold)
His Sand, wind, and war, c1990: CIP t.p. (Ralph A. Bagnold) data sheet (b. 1896; d. 1990)
Wikipedia, May 29, 2018 (Brigadier Ralph Alger Bagnold, FRS OBE, (3 April 1896 - 28 May 1990) was the founder and first commander of the British Army's Long Range Desert Group during World War II. He is also generally considered to have been a pioneer of desert exploration, an acclaim earned for his activities during the 1930s. These included the first recorded east-west crossing of the Libyan Desert (1932); He laid the foundations for the research on sand transport by wind in his influential book The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes; born in Devonport, England
Associated languageeng