Spouse Alice Irving Brown Name Harry Tyler | Died February 3, 1938 Fields Chemistry | |
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Born April 16, 1863
Ipswich, Massachusetts ( 1863-04-16 ) Institutions Massachusetts Institute of Technology Education BS, Chemistry 1884; PhD, 1889 Theses The Decomposition of Hexane at High Temperatures (1884)
Beziehungen zwischen der Sylvester’schen und der Bezout’schen determinante (1889) Doctoral advisors Paul Gordan, Max Noether Institution Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg | ||
April 22 - The life work of the engineer ― Harry Walter Tyler
Harry Walter Tyler (April 16, 1863 – February 3, 1938) was an active member of the science and education scholarly communities in the late 1800s to early 1900s. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree 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. 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. He served as Secretary of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) for twenty years. After retiring from MIT he worked in Washington D.C. at the Library of Congress as Consultant in Science, and later as Honorary Consultant.
