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Muirden Farm
Successfully de-orphaned! Wikiproject Orphanage: Wikipedia:ORPHAN, You can help! James Muirden (born 1942) is a British astronomer and author of more than thirty books. He has formerly been a film reviewer and telescope maker. Muirden is a member of the British Astronomical Association. He lives in Devon, England. Selected bibliography *''Astronomy with Binoculars'' (Faber, 1963) *''Amateur Astronomer's Handbook'' (Crowell, 1968) *''Beginner's Guide to Astronomical Telescope Making'' (Transatlantic Arts, 1976) *''Observational Astronomy for Amateurs'' (Enslow Publishers, 1982) *''Observer's Guide to Halley's Comet'' (Arco Pub, 1985) *''A Rhyming History of Britain'' (Walker and Company, 2003) *''The Cosmic Verses: A Rhyming History of the Universe'' (Walker and Company, 2007) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Muirden, James 1942 births Living people 20th-century British astronomers 20th-century British non-fiction writers 21st-century British non-fiction writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ORPHAN
An orphan (from the el, ορφανός, orphanós) is a child whose parents have died. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usually relevant (i.e. if the female parent has gone, the offspring is an orphan, regardless of the father's condition). Definitions Various groups use different definitions to identify orphans. One legal definition used in the United States is a minor bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents". In the common use, an orphan does not have any surviving parent to care for them. However, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), and other groups label any child who has lost one parent as an orphan. In this approach, a ''maternal orphan'' is a child whose mother has died, a ''paternal orphan'' is a child whose fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
