Jim Sanborn

Jim Sanborn was an American sculptor, artist and photographer (born 1945). He was born at Washington, D.C.

Also recorded as Herbert James Sanborn, Jr..

Jim Sanborn in brief

Born
1945
Known for
sculptor, artist and photographer
Place of birth
Washington and D.C.
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Formation and teaching

Jim Sanborn studied at Pratt Institute, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Randolph–Macon College and University of Oxford.

Catalogued works

5 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service. Their recorded dates run from 1990 to 2003.

Kryptos, dated 1990. A,A. Antipodes, dated 1997. Coastline. Critical Assembly, dated 2003, held by National Museum of Nuclear Science & History.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

12 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Chase & Sanborn, 1889. John Sanborn, John Sanborn, 2024. Presented with compliments of Chase & Sanborn, 1882. American bats of the subfamily Emballonurinae, by Colin Campbell Sanborn., 1937. Chelyabinsk Airburst, Damage Assessment, Meteorite Recovery, and Characterization, Science, 2013. Orbit, meteoroid size, and cosmic ray exposure history of the Aguas Zarcas CM2 breccia, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2025. The second Sandia Fracture Challenge: predictions of ductile failure under quasi-static and moderate-rate dynamic loading, International Journal of Fracture, 2016. The impact and recovery of asteroid 2018 LA, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 2021. Simultaneous Six-way Observations from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer, Astronomical Journal, 2023. Fall, recovery, and characterization of the Novato L6 chondrite breccia, 2014. The Creston, California, meteorite fall and the origin of L chondrites, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 2019. Angular Diameters and Fundamental Parameters of Forty-four Stars from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer, Astronomical Journal, 2021.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 7 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 17 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Jim Sanborn studied at Pratt Institute, Burgundy Farm Country Day School and Randolph–Macon College. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is art of sculpture.

Works named in the authority record are Kryptos, A,A and Antipodes.

Work by Jim Sanborn is recorded in the collections of Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts and National Museum of Nuclear Science & History.

Chronology

  1. 1945Jim Sanborn born at Washington, D.C..
  2. 1990Kryptos.
  3. 1997Antipodes.
  4. 2003Critical Assembly (National Museum of Nuclear Science & History).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    American bats of the subfamily Emballonurinae, by Colin Campbell Sanborn., 1937

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Chase & Sanborn, 1889

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    John Sanborn, John Sanborn, 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Presented with compliments of Chase & Sanborn, 1882

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Jim Sanborn.

    scholarly index · Unverified

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q767713: Jim Sanborn

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  7. 7.

    “Jim Sanborn”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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