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, US

Died| February 3, 1938(1938-02-03) (aged 74)

Washington D.C., US

Education| BS, Chemistry 1884; PhD, 1889
Alma mater| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1884)
Universität Erlangen (Ph.D., 1889)
Spouse| Alice Irving Brown
Scientific career
Fields| Chemistry, Mathematics
Institutions| Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Theses|

* The Decomposition of Hexane at High Temperatures (1884)
* Beziehungen zwischen der Sylvester’schen und der Bézout’schen Determinante (1889)

Doctoral advisors| Paul Gordan, Max Noether

Harry Walter 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 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.[1] 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.[3] After retiring from MIT he worked in Washington D.C. at the Library of Congress as Consultant in Science, and later as Honorary Consultant.

## See also[edit]

* MIT Mathematics Department

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Tyler, Harry Walter". MIT Museum Collections - People. Retrieved 8 April 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. "H.W. Tyler". The Academe Blog. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

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