Robert Fairthorne - Revision history

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	Robert A. Fairthorne was born July ~~1st~~, 1904, in Abingdon-on-Thames, England~~, and died in 2000~~. He ~~was an English mathematician~~ and ~~information science theorist." He~~ worked as a mathematician at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, England, from 1927 to 1963. He remained active as a consultant, professor, and author in the USA and the UK.		'''Robert A. Fairthorne''' (1904 - 2000) was an English mathematician and information science theorist.


			== Life ==
			'''Robert A. Fairthorne''' was born on July 1, 1904, in Abingdon-on-Thames, England. He earned a degree in mathematics with first class honors from London University and worked as a mathematician at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, England from 1927 to 1963. He remained active as a consultant, professor, and author in the USA and the UK. He died in 2000.

			== Contributions ==
			Fairthorne's principal contribution was his rigorous and penetrating critiques of concepts and theories in information science.

	Other interests included making experimental films of mathematical functions and stereo photography.		Other interests included making experimental films of mathematical functions and stereo photography.
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	Sixteen of Fairthorne's papers are reprinted in Fairthorne, R. A. <i>Towards Information Retrieval</i>. London: Butterworths, 1961.		Sixteen of Fairthorne's papers are reprinted in Fairthorne, R. A. <i>Towards Information Retrieval</i>. London: Butterworths, 1961.

	* "Empirical Hyperbolic Distributions (Bradford‐Zipf‐Mandelbrot) for Bibliometric Description and Prediction." <i>Journal of Documentation</i> <i>Journal of Documentation</i> 25 (December 1969): 319-43.		*"Empirical Hyperbolic Distributions (Bradford‐Zipf‐Mandelbrot) for Bibliometric Description and Prediction." <i>Journal of Documentation</i> <i>Journal of Documentation</i> 25 (December 1969): 319-43.
	*"Morphology of information flow." ''Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery.''14, no. 4 (Oct. 1967): 710-719.		*"Morphology of information flow." ''Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery.''14, no. 4 (Oct. 1967): 710-719.

	== Awards ==		== Awards ==
	Award of Merit~~, Association for Information Science and Technology~~, 1967.		*[[ASIST\|American Documentation Institute]]. Award of Merit, 1967.

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==

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	* "Empirical Hyperbolic Distributions (Bradford‐Zipf‐Mandelbrot) for Bibliometric Description and Prediction." <i>Journal of Documentation</i> <i>Journal of Documentation</i> 25 (December 1969): 319-43.		* "Empirical Hyperbolic Distributions (Bradford‐Zipf‐Mandelbrot) for Bibliometric Description and Prediction." <i>Journal of Documentation</i> <i>Journal of Documentation</i> 25 (December 1969): 319-43.
			*"Morphology of information flow." ''Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery.''14, no. 4 (Oct. 1967): 710-719.

	== Awards ==		== Awards ==

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	Robert A. Fairthorne was born July 1st, 1904, in Abingdon-on-Thames, England, and died in 2000. He was an English mathematician and information science theorist." He worked as a mathematician at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, England, from 1927 to 1963. He remained active as a consultant, professor, and author in the USA and the UK.		Robert A. Fairthorne was born July 1st, 1904, in Abingdon-on-Thames, England, and died in 2000. He was an English mathematician and information science theorist." He worked as a mathematician at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, England, from 1927 to 1963. He remained active as a consultant, professor, and author in the USA and the UK.

			Other interests included making experimental films of mathematical functions and stereo photography.

	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
	Schultz, Wallace L. & Claire K. Schultz. ~~“Bibliograohy~~ of the Writings of Robert A. Fairthorne in the Field of Information Science," <i>Journal of the American Society for Information Science</i> 22, no 3 (May 1971): 164–65. DOI: 10.1002/asi.4630220304.		Schultz, Wallace L. & Claire K. Schultz. “Bibliography of the Writings of Robert A. Fairthorne in the Field of Information Science," <i>Journal of the American Society for Information Science</i> 22, no 3 (May 1971): 164–65. DOI: 10.1002/asi.4630220304.

	Sixteen of Fairthorne's papers are reprinted in Fairthorne, R. A. <i>Towards Information Retrieval</i>. London: Butterworths, 1961.		Sixteen of Fairthorne's papers are reprinted in Fairthorne, R. A. <i>Towards Information Retrieval</i>. London: Butterworths, 1961.

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	Robert A. Fairthorne, born July 1st, 1904, in Abingdon-on-Thames, England, was an English mathematician and information science theorist." He worked as a mathematician at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, England, from 1927 to 1963. He remained active as a consultant, professor, and author in the USA and the UK.		Robert A. Fairthorne was born July 1st, 1904, in Abingdon-on-Thames, England, and died in 2000. He was an English mathematician and information science theorist." He worked as a mathematician at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, England, from 1927 to 1963. He remained active as a consultant, professor, and author in the USA and the UK.

	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
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	* Brookes, B.C. "Robert Fairthorne and the Scope of Information Science." <i>Journal of Documentation</i> 30, no. 2 (1974): 139-152.		* Brookes, B.C. "Robert Fairthorne and the Scope of Information Science." <i>Journal of Documentation</i> 30, no. 2 (1974): 139-152.
	* Rousseau, R. "Robert Fairthorne and the empirical power laws." <i>Journal of Documentation</i> 61, no 2 (April 2005):194-202. DOI:10.1108/00220410510585188		* Rousseau, R. "Robert Fairthorne and the empirical power laws." <i>Journal of Documentation</i> 61, no 2 (April 2005):194-202. DOI:10.1108/00220410510585188
			* Vickery, Brian. "Robert Fairthorne, 1904-2000." <i>Journal of Documentation</i> 56, no 6 (Nov 2000): 601-4.

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Robert A. Fairthorne, born July 1st, 1904, in Abingdon-on-Thames, England, was an English mathematician and information science theorist." He worked as a mathematician at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, England, from 1927 to 1963. He remained active as a consultant, professor, and author in the USA and the UK.

== Publications ==
Schultz, Wallace L. & Claire K. Schultz. “Bibliograohy of the Writings of Robert A. Fairthorne in the Field of Information Science," Journal of the American Society for Information Science 22, no 3 (May 1971): 164–65. DOI: 10.1002/asi.4630220304.

Sixteen of Fairthorne's papers are reprinted in Fairthorne, R. A. Towards Information Retrieval. London: Butterworths, 1961.

* "Empirical Hyperbolic Distributions (Bradford‐Zipf‐Mandelbrot) for Bibliometric Description and Prediction." Journal of Documentation Journal of Documentation 25 (December 1969): 319-43.

== Awards ==
Award of Merit, Association for Information Science and Technology, 1967.

== Further reading ==
* Schultz, Wallace L. & Claire K. Schultz. “Robert A. Fairthorne, a Biographical Sketch.” Journal of the American Society for Information Science 22, no 3 (May 1971): 161–65. DOI: 10.1002/asi.4630220304.
* Brookes, B.C. "Robert Fairthorne and the Scope of Information Science." Journal of Documentation 30, no. 2 (1974): 139-152.
* Rousseau, R. "Robert Fairthorne and the empirical power laws." Journal of Documentation 61, no 2 (April 2005):194-202. DOI:10.1108/00220410510585188