Arnold Thackray
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Arnold Thackray (born 30 July 1939) is an emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Initially an English chemist, he became an entrepreneurial American. Thackray founded or extended a series of institutions, initially in Philadelphia (Penn’s pioneering Department of History and Sociology of Science, and the Chemical Heritage Foundation—now the Science History Institute), then on a wider scale within the History of Science Society (HSS) and through Science History Consultants, and the Life Sciences Foundation.[1][2]
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Arnold Wilfrid Thackray | |
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Born | (1939-07-30) July 30, 1939 (age 84) northwest England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Science historian |
Known for | Founding President of the Chemical Heritage Foundation |
Title | Joseph Priestley Professor Emeritus |
Awards | Dexter Award |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Cambridge University |
Thesis | (1966) |
Doctoral advisor | Mary Hesse |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History of Science |
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