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'''Thaddeus Lowe''' (August 20, 1832 - January 16, 1913), also known as Professor T. S. C. Lowe, was a magician, an American Civil War aeronaut, scientist and inventor, mostly self-educated in the fields of chemistry, meteorology, and aeronautics, and the father of military aerial reconnaissance in the United States. | '''Thaddeus Lowe''' (August 20, 1832 - January 16, 1913), also known as Professor T. S. C. Lowe, was a magician, an American Civil War aeronaut, scientist and inventor, mostly self-educated in the fields of chemistry, meteorology, and aeronautics, and the father of military aerial reconnaissance in the United States. | ||
Lowe | By 1854, having worked for a time as an assistant to a traveling magician, Lowe had decided on a career in ballooning.<ref>Poleskie, Stephen, "The Balloonist: The Story of T. S. C. Lowe---Inventor, Scientist, Magician, and Father of the U.S. Air Force." Frederic C. Beil, 2007.</ref> | ||
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| Born | Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe August 20, 1832 Jefferson Mills, Coos County, New Hampshire, U.S. |
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| Died | January 16, 1913 (age 80) Pasadena, California |
Thaddeus Lowe (August 20, 1832 - January 16, 1913), also known as Professor T. S. C. Lowe, was a magician, an American Civil War aeronaut, scientist and inventor, mostly self-educated in the fields of chemistry, meteorology, and aeronautics, and the father of military aerial reconnaissance in the United States.
By 1854, having worked for a time as an assistant to a traveling magician, Lowe had decided on a career in ballooning.[1]
References
- ↑ Poleskie, Stephen, "The Balloonist: The Story of T. S. C. Lowe---Inventor, Scientist, Magician, and Father of the U.S. Air Force." Frederic C. Beil, 2007.
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