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Maurice Line
Maurice Bernard Line (21 June 1928 – 21 September 2010) was a leading figure in library and information science in the UK. He was director general of the British Library Lending Division from 1974 until 1985 and director general for Science, Technology and Industry between 1985 and 1988. Life and career Line was born in Bedford and educated at Bedford School. He read English at Exeter College, Oxford, Exeter College at the University of Oxford. His first post as a librarian was at the Bodleian Library in 1950. He became librarian of the University of Bath in 1968. In 1971 he was appointed head of the National Central Library, and was involved with the British Library from its inception, becoming a member of the organising committee when the BL was first planned in 1971 and serving as a member of its board from 1974 until his retirement in 1988. From 1974 to 1985 he was director general of the British Library Lending Division (now the Document Supply Centre) at Boston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morice Line
The Morice Line was a defensive line which went into effect in September 1957 during the Algerian War. It was constructed under French authority to prevent supplies reaching the rebel guerrillas of the Algerian National Liberation Front in the then French-controlled Algeria, from the neighbouring country of Tunisia. It was named after then French Minister of Defence André Morice. Design The center of the Morice Line was a 2.5 m high electric fence that ran its entire length. This electric fence carried 5,000 volts and also had barbed wire entanglement on one side. On each side of the fence was a minefield that extended 45 meters to each side. On the Algerian side there was also a patrolled track. The Morice Line was 460 km long along the border with Tunisia and 700 km long along the border with Morocco, and was built with then state-of-the-art electronic systems and a mined barrage. These alarms, radars and searchlights, and the use of anti-personnel landmines helped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
