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John T. Wasson

American cosmochemist
Person human Q29036566

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
July 4, 1934
Date of death
September 7, 2020
Place of birth
Springtown
Place of death
Los Angeles
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
geochemist
Employer
University of California, Los Angeles[7]
Educated at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München[8][9]
Award received
J. Lawrence Smith Medal, Leonard Medal, Whipple Award, Guggenheim Fellowship[10][11][12][13]
Family name
Wasson[17]
Given name
John[18]
Member of
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, International Astronomical Union[14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Taylor Wasson en John T Wasson en John Wasson
🔖 Identifiers · 27
ISNI
0000000066488660
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7253-2300
VIAF cluster ID
27167484
Library of Congress authority ID
n84234811
Academic Tree ID
176703
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
124795422
CiNii Research ID
1140000791670221184
Dimensions author ID
014752067721.24
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11g6xp07wn
Google Scholar author ID
tIqcx78AAAAJ
Guggenheim fellows ID
john-t-wasson
IAU member ID (archived)
4167
Show all 27 identifiers +15
IdRef ID
033994994
Libraries Australia ID
35593158
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00387705
NLA Trove people ID
1007623
NUKAT ID
n2012104172
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007318439005171
National Virtual Library of India ID
135802
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
07227512X
RERO ID (legacy)
A003959454
SHARE Catalogue author ID
462843
Scopus author ID
7102539816
Springer Nature person ID
014752067721.24
U.S. Copyright Office Public Records System name ID
Wasson, John T.
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJg8HFHXGjvv8mrRB8WRrq
Yale LUX ID
person/93e8edf7-71ae-441b-bfc3-3a1134de27be

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Summary

John T. Wasson was born on July 4, 1934[1], in Springtown[2]. He died on September 7, 2020[3], in Los Angeles[4]. He worked as a geochemist[5].

FAQs

Where was John T. Wasson born?

John T. Wasson was born in Springtown[2].

Where did John T. Wasson die?

John T. Wasson died in Los Angeles[4].

What did John T. Wasson do for work?

John T. Wasson worked as a geochemist[5].

Where did John T. Wasson go to school?

John T. Wasson was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[8] and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München[9].

What awards did John T. Wasson receive?

Honors received include J. Lawrence Smith Medal[10], Leonard Medal[11], Whipple Award[12], and Guggenheim Fellowship[13].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . chemistry.ucla.edu. chemistry.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . chemistry.ucla.edu. chemistry.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . nasa.gov. nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . meteoritical.org. meteoritical.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . agu.org. agu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . publ.royalacademy.dk. Retrieved . publ.royalacademy.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . chemistry.ucla.edu. chemistry.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . chemistry.ucla.edu. chemistry.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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