Talk:Igor Bensen

Latest comment: 12 years ago by Hydrargyrum in topic Questions

Birthplace ambiguity

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Igor Bensen's on-line biography says he was born in Rostov, Russia. However, this could be Rostov-on-Don or Rostov Veliky. Based on the descriptions of the two cities in Wikipedia, and the fact that Igor's father worked within the Russian Agricultural Department, I think Rostov-on-Don is the more likely location. —QuicksilverT @ 23:33, 8 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

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  1. As the article currently is written, it says Bensen "... eventually reached the United States in the late 1940s ...", but the bio at http://www.gyroplanepassion.com/Igor_Bensen.html says he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree (presumably in mechanical engineering) from Stevens Institute [of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey] in 1940. How can this be, unless it was by correspondence? This doesn't add up. (In 1940 Bensen was 23 years old, so the age for achieving a Bachelor of Science degree after a four- or five-year course of study would have been about right.)
  2. The last name "Bensen" isn't a Russian name. Did he have a different surname at birth, changing it once he arrived in the United States?
  3. I've found articles attributed to him, using the middle initial "B". What was his middle name? — QuicksilverT @ 17:18, 3 May 2012 (UTC)Reply