Jack Meadows (astronomer)

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)

• Communication in Science
• Communicating Research

Honors

• A minor planet, Asteroid 4600 Meadows is named after him.[2]
• Fulbright scholar, 1959-1961[2]

References

1. Obituary: Jack Meadows, 1934-2016, Times Higher Education, August 18, 2016 by Jack Grove
2. Obituary, Association for Information Science and Technology

Further reading

• Jack Meadows obituary by Alice Meadows, The Guardian Tuesday 2 August 2016
• Obituary for Professor Jack Meadows, Loughborough, 2016-08-12