Shimon Schwarzschild
Shimon Schwarzschild | |
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| Born | 19 December 1925 |
| Nationality (legal) | United States |
| Other names | Bert Schwarzschild |
| Website | http://www.shimonschwarzschild.com |
Shimon "Bert" Schwarzschild (born 1925) is an environmental activist. His work contributed to the establishment of a nature preserve in Assisi, Italy.[1][2] Schwarzschild founded the Assisi Bird Campaign[2] and helped organize the Assisi Nature Council.[3] He has also been active on many other environmental and neighborhood issues.[4]
Schwarzschild's activism has received news coverage regionally,[5] nationally,[1] and internationally.[6] He is listed in the World Who's who and Does what in Environment & Conservation.[7]
Publications
Schwarzschild's publications include a 1983 article in Audubon Magazine that first called international attention to the destruction of the birds of Assisi by hunting.[8]
Personal life
Schwarzschild was born on December 19, 1925, in Wertheim, Germany.[7]
Schwarzschild obtained a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (1950).[7]
In 2004 in New York City, Schwarzschild married Naomi Schechter.[9]
In 2010 and at several other times in recent years, Schwarzschild has visited Wertheim, Germany, where he was born in 1925.[7][10]
References
- ^ a b Cynthia Hanson (1986, November 3). "Bringing the Birds Back to Assisi", Christian Science Monitor, (accessed 17 December 2011).
- ^ a b Maria Luisa Cohen (1985). "Assisi: Birthplace of St. Francis: A New Conservation Park". Environmentalist. 5 (3). Kluwer: 227–229. doi:10.1007/BF02237618. ISSN 0251-1088.
- ^ Assisi Nature Councile: History (accessed 26 February 2013)
- ^ "About Shimon" (Shimon Schwarzschild Biography) (accessed 17 December 2011)
- ^ Alan Cline (1983, March 9). "S.F. man starts campaign to save the birds of Assisi", San Francisco Examiner, No. 232.
- ^ "The Birds of St Francis" IUCN Bulletin New Series Vol. 14, Nos 10-12, October/December 1983.
- ^ a b c d Polunin, Nicholas; Lynn M. Curme (1997). World Who's who and Does what in Environment & Conservation. Earthscan. p. 291. ISBN 9781853833779. ISBN 1853833770
- ^ Bert Schwarzschild (1983). "No birds sing on Saint Francis' mountain", Vol. 85, No. 2., pp.
- ^ Anonymous (3 October 2004). "Naomi Schechter, B. Shimon Schwarzschild". New York Times. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ Jankowski, Wilfried (31 July 2010). ""Längst ein halber Wertheimer" Besuch aus Kalifornien: Jüdischer Emigrant Bert Schwarzschild zeigt seiner Frau Naomi seine Vaterstadt [Long ago Wertheimer: Visiting from California: Jewish emigrant Bert Schwarzschild shows his wife, Naomi, his hometown]". de:Main-Echo. Retrieved 26 February 2013.