| 词条 | Thomas Poulter |
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| name = Thomas Charles Poulter | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|03|03}} | birth_place = Salem, Iowa | death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|06|04|1897|03|03}} | death_place = Menlo Park, California | nationality = | workplaces = Iowa Wesleyan College Illinois Institute of Technology SRI International | other_names = | known_for = Antarctic exploration | occupation = }}Thomas Charles Poulter (March 3, 1897 – June 4, 1978) was a scientist and antarctic explorer who worked at the Armour Institute of Technology and SRI International, where he was an associate director.[1] Early lifeHe was born on March 3, 1897 to Micajah Poulter in Salem, Iowa. Early careerWhile he was a physics professor at Iowa Wesleyan College he recognized James Van Allen as a student and put him to work, at 35 cents an hour, preparing seismic and magnetic equipment for the Antarctic Expedition.[2] He was second in command on the Second Byrd Antarctic Mission to the South Pole with Richard E. Byrd. The Poulter Glacier was named after him by Admiral Byrd.[3][4] Byrd credited him with saving his life as the expedition leader approached death from carbon monoxide poisoning.[5] After his first expedition he became the Scientific Director of the Armour Research Foundation at the Armour Institute of Technology (later Illinois Institute of Technology) where he developed the Antarctic Snow Cruiser (a.k.a. "Penguin 1").[6] This device was built for and taken along on his second expedition with Admiral Byrd in 1939.[1] Later careerIn 1948 he joined the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in Menlo Park, California, where he remained until his death in 1978. While at SRI he did research involving dynamic phenomena including explosives weather and eventually Biosonar.[6][7] He became interested in seals after visiting the elephant seal colony at Año Nuevo Island off the coast of California in 1961. The seal colony there included elephant seals, sea lions harbor seals and many others. He began studying the seal colonies in 1962 and was active in having the island protected as a biological preserve in 1967.[1] The Poulter Laboratory at SRI International was named after him. After he retired from managing Poulter Labs he founded the Bio Sonar Lab and Marine Mammal Study Center for SRI in the Coyote Hills outside of Fremont CA.[8] There he did research on a number of marine mammals. He was fond of them as he described in a "Note" for the Arctic.[9] He died on June 4, 1978 in Menlo Park, California while working in his laboratory.[1] Publications
References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite book | last = Nielson | first = Donald | title = A Heritage of Innovation: SRI's First Half Century | publisher = SRI International | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-9745208-1-0 | location = Menlo Park, California | pages = 11–2–11–4}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Poulter, Thomas}}2. ^{{cite news|work=New York Times|title=James A. Van Allen, Discoverer of Earth-Circling Radiation Belts, Is Dead at 91|first=Walter|last=Sullivan|date=2006-08-10|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/10/science/space/10vanallen.html|accessdate=2012-04-08}} 3. ^{{cite book|first=Thomas|last=Poulter|year=1977|title=Over the years|location=Menlo Park, California|publisher=Stanford Research Institute}} 4. ^Into Little America documentary film (1935) 5. ^{{cite book|title=Alone|first=Richard Evelyn|last=Byrd}} 6. ^1 {{cite book|title=Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia|first=William James|last=Mills|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2003|isbn=1-57607-422-6}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.historyforsale.com/html/prodetails.asp?documentid=273532&start=15&page=153|title=Thomas C. Poulter|publisher=History for Sale|accessdate=2012-02-23}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Thos. C. Poulter|url=http://www.sri.com/about/alumni/alumni-hall-fame-previous-years#Poulter|publisher=SRI International|accessdate=2012-02-11}} 9. ^{{cite journal|title=The affectionate walrus|first=Thomas|last=Poulter|journal=Arctic|volume=22|number=4|date=December 1969|page=438}} 8 : Explorers of Antarctica|1897 births|1978 deaths|20th-century American physicists|Iowa Wesleyan University faculty|American Polar Society honorary members|SRI International people|Guggenheim Fellows |
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