Office of Scientific Research and Development

defunct agency of the United States federal government
Organization government_agency Q501416
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Office of Scientific Research and Development

Summary

Office of Scientific Research and Development is a government agency[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Office of Scientific Research and Development is in the country of United States[3].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's instance of is recorded as government agency[4].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[5].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's ISNI is recorded as 0000000106815655[6].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 125492712[7].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80139792[8].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's child organization or unit is recorded as Committee on Medical Research[9].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's child organization or unit is recorded as National Defense Research Committee[10].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's child organization or unit is recorded as Insect Control Committee[11].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's child organization or unit is recorded as Sensory Devices Committee[12].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's child organization or unit is recorded as Office of Field Services[13].
  • +1941-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Office of Scientific Research and Development[14].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development was dissolved in +1947-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05j9zd[16].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's director / manager is recorded as Vannevar Bush[17].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Office-of-Scientific-Research-and-Development[18].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Office of Scientific Research and Development'}[19].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's BHL creator ID is recorded as 5041[20].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007578631105171[21].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as h9gt83kg[22].
  • Office of Scientific Research and Development's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/64f75374-e53d-473e-b16f-3edb15a0290f[23].

Body

Founding

+1941-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Office of Scientific Research and Development[14].

Leadership

Office of Scientific Research and Development's director / manager is recorded as Vannevar Bush[17].

Operations

Office of Scientific Research and Development's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[5]. Subsidiaries include Committee on Medical Research[9]; National Defense Research Committee[10], a government agency[24], in United States[25], founded in 1940[26], headquartered in Washington, D.C.[27]; Insect Control Committee[11]; Sensory Devices Committee[12]; and Office of Field Services[13].

Dissolution

Office of Scientific Research and Development was dissolved in +1947-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].

Why It Matters

Office of Scientific Research and Development ranks in the top 4% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . loc.gov. loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . loc.gov. loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . loc.gov. loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . loc.gov. loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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