Arthur Jack Meadows (24 January 1934 – 18 July 2016) was a British astronomer and information scientist. Known for founding the astronomy department of University of Leicester.Obituary: Jack Meadows, 1934-2016, Times Higher Education, August 18, 2016 by Jack Grove
He had a wide-ranging career, including working at the British Museum and as a professor of library and information studies. He published extensively (30 books and over 250 journal articles).
Books (selected) Communication in Science Communicating Research
Honors A minor planet, Asteroid 4600 Meadows is named after him.Obituary, Association for Information Science and Technology Fulbright scholar, 1959-1961
References
Further reading Jack Meadows obituary by Alice Meadows, The Guardian Tuesday 2 August 2016 Obituary for Professor Jack Meadows, Loughborough, 2016-08-12