Louis Dunn

South African-born aerospace engineer (1908–1979)
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Louis Dunn

Summary

Louis Dunn is a human[1]. He was born on +1908-11-00T00:00:00Z[2]. He died on +1979-01-01T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a military flight engineer[4] and engineer[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Louis Dunn was born on +1908-11-00T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Louis Dunn died on +1979-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Louis Dunn held citizenship in United States[7].
  • Louis Dunn worked as a military flight engineer[4].
  • Louis Dunn's professions included engineer[5].
  • Louis Dunn was educated at California Institute of Technology[8].
  • Louis Dunn's doctoral advisor was Theodore von Kármán[9].
  • Louis Dunn's doctoral advisor was Ernest Edwin Sechler[10].
  • Louis Dunn's image is recorded as Dunn-corporal-350.jpg[11].
  • Louis Dunn is recorded as male[12].
  • Louis Dunn's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Louis Dunn's ISNI is recorded as 0000000138844952[14].
  • Louis Dunn's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 178535500[15].
  • Louis Dunn's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2011144920[16].
  • Louis Dunn's Commons category is recorded as Louis Dunn[17].
  • Louis Dunn earned the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy[18].
  • Louis Dunn's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 114812[19].
  • Louis Dunn's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/091q9j[20].
  • Louis Dunn's family name is recorded as Dunn[21].
  • Louis Dunn's given name is recorded as Louis[22].
  • Louis Dunn's zbMATH author ID is recorded as dunn.l-g[23].
  • Louis Dunn's MR Author ID is recorded as 437323[24].
  • Louis Dunn's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[25].
  • Louis Dunn's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJcRdvJ7Wt7Whb4Ww8dG73[26].

Body

Origins and Family

Louis Dunn was born on +1908-11-00T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

Louis Dunn was educated at California Institute of Technology[8]. Doctoral advisors include Theodore von Kármán[9], a physicist[27], 1881–1963[28], of German Empire[29], awarded the honorary chairperson[30], specialised in fluid mechanics[31] and Ernest Edwin Sechler[10], a military flight engineer[32], 1905–1979[33], of United States[34]. He earned the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy[18].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include military flight engineer[4] and engineer[5].

Death and Burial

Louis Dunn died on +1979-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].

Why It Matters

Louis Dunn ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

What did Louis Dunn do for work?

Louis Dunn worked as military flight engineer[4] and engineer[5].

Where did Louis Dunn go to school?

Louis Dunn was educated at California Institute of Technology[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [2] . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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