Harry Walter Tyler

This article is about the American scientist. For approximately contemporary British scientist, politician and rail inspector, H.W. Tyler, see Henry Tyler (Conservative politician).
Harry Walter Tyler
Tyler (3rd from right, with sun glasses) at the International Congress of Mathematicians, Zürich 1932
Born(1863-04-16)April 16, 1863
Ipswich, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedFebruary 3, 1938(1938-02-03) (aged 74)
Washington D.C., U.S.
EducationBS, Chemistry 1884; PhD, 1889
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1884)
Universität Erlangen (Ph.D., 1889)
SpouseAlice Irving Brown
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry, Mathematics
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Theses
Doctoral advisorsPaul Gordan, Max Noether

Harry Walter "H.W." Tyler (April 16, 1863 – February 3, 1938) was an active member of the science and education scholarly communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After receiving his Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1884, he taught and served in various administrative positions at the Institute from 1884 until his retirement in 1930.[1]

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Outside of MIT he was a founding member of both the College Entrance Examination Board in 1901 and the History of Science Society in 1924.[2]

He served as secretary of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) for twenty years, and as leader of the organization from 1930-1933 and again from 1935 to 1936.[3][4]

After retiring from MIT, he worked in Washington, D.C., at the Library of Congress as Consultant in Science, and later as Honorary Consultant.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Tyler, Harry Walter". MIT Museum Collections - People. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Bigelow, Robert P. (1939). "Harry Walter Tyler". Isis. 31 (1): 60–64. doi:10.1086/347566. JSTOR 226018. S2CID 143602228.
  3. ^ Tiede, Joerg (May 2014). "H.W. Tyler". The Academe Blog. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "Staff Leadership". AAUP. September 9, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  5. ^ X. (February 25, 1938). "Harry Walter Tyler: 1863-1938". Science. 87 (2252): 181. doi:10.1126/science.87.2252.181.a. ISSN 0036-8075.


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