Henry Guerlac
Henry Edward Guerlac (June 14, 1910 – May 29, 1985) was an American
historian of science. He taught at Cornell University where he was the Goldwin Smith Professor of History and a member of the Department of History
.
Biography
Guerlac earned his PhD in European history from
Harvard in 1941.[1]
During World War II, he worked in the MIT Radiation Laboratory with Marie Boas Hall in writing "the history of the laboratory and of the operational use of radar during the war."[2] Boas Hall later joined him as a PhD student at Cornell, completing her studies with him in 1952.[2]
He was awarded the
Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by France.[1]
References
- ^ a b Henry Edward Guerlac (1910–1982) Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine (2006) Division of History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society
- ^ a b Marie Boas Hall (1919-2009) Archived 2013-11-27 at the Wayback Machine, The Times, 20 March 2009
- ^ "Dexter Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry". Division of the History of Chemistry. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ The History of Science Society "The Society: Past Presidents of the History of Science Society" Archived 2013-12-12 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 4 December 2013
External links
- Guide to the Henry Guerlac Papers, 1922-1981, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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