Arnold Thackray
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.
Arnold Wilfrid Thackray | |
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Arnold Thackray, 2005 | |
| Born | July 30, 1939 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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