John Freely (1926–2017)
Autore di Istanbul : The Imperial City
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John Freely was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 26, 1926. During World War II, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy. He studied physics at Iona College and New York University and did thermonuclear research at the Forrestal Research Center, Princeton University. In 1960, he took a post teaching mostra altro theoretical physics at Robert College, Istanbul. He wrote numerous books during his lifetime including Strolling Through Istanbul written with Hilary Sumner-Boyd, Jem Sultan, Storm on Horseback, The Grand Turk, Aladdin's Lamp, Light from the East, and Before Galileo. He died on April 20, 2017 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di John Freely
The Grand Turk: Sultan Mehmet II-Conqueror of Constantinople and Master of an Empire (2009) 93 copie
A Travel Guide to Homer: On the Trail of Odysseus Through Turkey and the Mediterranean (2014) 41 copie
Light From the East: How the Science of Medieval Islam Helped to Shape the Western World (2010) 38 copie
The Redhouse Guide to the Black Sea Coast of Turkey: By John Freely; Photographs by Anthony E. Baker (1996) 4 copie
A history of Robert College : The American College for girls, and Boğaziçi University (Bosphorus University) (2000) 4 copie
Turkey around the Marmara 2 copie
The Aegean Coast of Turkey 1 copia
Ottoman Architecture 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1926-06-26
- Data di morte
- 2017-04-20
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Ireland
Istanbul, Turkey - Istruzione
- New York University
Oxford University
Iona College, New Rochelle, New York, USA - Attività lavorative
- author
physicist
university teacher - Relazioni
- Freely, Maureen (daughter)
- Organizzazioni
- Boğaziçi University
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 58
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 1,779
- Popolarità
- #14,473
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 19
- ISBN
- 194
- Lingue
- 10
- Preferito da
- 2