Arthur Jack Meadows (24 January 1934 – 18 July 2016) was a British astronomer and information scientist. Known for founding the astronomy department of University of Leicester.[1]
He had a wide-ranging career, including working at the British Museum and as a professor of library and information studies.[1] He published extensively (30 books and over 250 journal articles).[2]
Books (selected) edit
- Communication in Science
- Communicating Research
Honors edit
- A minor planet, Asteroid 4600 Meadows is named after him.[2]
- Fulbright scholar, 1959-1961[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Obituary: Jack Meadows, 1934-2016, Times Higher Education, August 18, 2016 by Jack Grove
- ^ a b c Obituary, Association for Information Science and Technology
Further reading edit
- Jack Meadows obituary by Alice Meadows, The Guardian Tuesday 2 August 2016
- Obituary for Professor Jack Meadows, Loughborough, 2016-08-12