Donald Barr

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Donald Barr (born August 2, 1921 in New York City ; died February 5, 2004 in Langhorne , Pennsylvania ) was an American educator and science fiction writer.

Life

Barr studied mathematics and anthropology at Columbia University , where he graduated in 1941. During the Second World War he worked for the OSS . After the war ended, he was the assistant dean of the Engineering School at Columbia University . There he initiated the Columbia University Science Honors Program in 1958 and directed the program until 1964. From 1964 to 1974 he was the principal of the Dalton School in New York City. He was then principal of the Hackley School in Tarrytown , New York .

Barr wrote several non-fiction books for children and young people, two of which also appeared in German translation in the Was ist was series, Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? on education in the United States and book reviews for the New York Times . He has also published two science fiction novels, Space Relations (1973) and A Planet in Arms (1981), and short stories in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1989 and 2002 .

His son is the politician William Barr , who became Attorney General under the 45th US President Donald Trump .

bibliography

pedagogy
  • Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? Dilemmas in American Education (1971)
  • with Robert Elmes and Bruce Walker: Educational leadership for in-school administrators: Trainers' manual for an experiential training program (1980)
Science fiction
  • Space Relations: A Slightly Gothic Interplanetary Tale (1973)
  • A Planet in Arms (1981)

Short stories:

  • The Extra Ancestor (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1989 )
  • Sam (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2002 )
Youth non-fiction books
  • with Don Madden: Arithmetic for billy goats (1961)
  • Atomic energy (1961)
  • The how and why wonder book of atomic energy (1963, German as Was ist was: Atom-Energie , 1962)
  • The how and why wonder book of primitive man (1965, German as Was ist was: Der Urmensch , 1963)
  • The wonders of prehistoric life (1966)
  • The how and why wonder book of building (1970)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Barr, Donald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American educator and science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 2004
Place of death Langhorne , Pennsylvania