David V. Herlihy

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David V. Herlihy (2017)

David V. Herlihy (born July 30, 1958 ) is an American historian and author .

career

David V. Herlihy is one of six children of the medievalist David Herlihy . Like her husband († 1991), his mother Patricia is a historian - specializing in Russian history - at Brown University in Providence .

1980 graduated David V. Herlihy at Harvard University , where he also the Harvard Cycling Club belonged. In 1993 he exhibited at the International Cycling History Conference in Boston after that Pierre Lallement was the first pedals on a trolley ( dandy horse had installed). In 2004 he published the book Bicycle. The history , which is considered the standard work for the history of the bicycle and has received several awards. In 2010 his book on Frank G. Lenz The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance was published .

Publications

  • The bicycle takes off, 1865-1900. From boneshaker to boom . Norwalk, Conn. Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 2001.
  • Bicycle. The history . New Haven. Yale University Press 2004. ISBN 978-0-300-10418-9
  • Paris – Roubaix: A Journey Through Hell (as translator). Velopress 2007. ISBN 978-1-934030-09-7
  • The Tour is won on the Alpe (as a translator). Velopress 2008. ISBN 978-1-934030-23-3
  • The lost cyclist. The epic tale of an American adventurer and his mysterious disappearance . Boston. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010. ISBN 978-0-547-19557-5

Awards

  • 1999 McNair History Award from The Wheelmen , a US association for bicycle collectors
  • 2004 Award for Excellence in the History of Science , from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers
  • 2005 Sally Hacker Prize , Society for the History of Technology

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Herlihy, 60, Leading Historian On Medieval Times. In: nytimes.com. February 24, 1991, accessed April 15, 2016 .
  2. ^ Highwheel Harvard. In: Harvard Magazine. November 1, 2004, accessed April 15, 2016 .
  3. ^ Lynne Tolman: Lallement recognized as inventor of bicycle. Telegram & Gazette , September 5, 1993, accessed April 15, 2016 .
  4. ^ Edward Koren: It Is About the Bike. The New York Times , January 30, 2005, accessed April 15, 2016 .
  5. ^ Robert Sullivan: Geopolitical Cycles. The New York Times , June 18, 2010, accessed April 15, 2016 .
  6. ↑ The Tour Is Won on the Alpe - VeloPress. In: Velopress. Retrieved April 15, 2016 .
  7. ^ A b Bicycle: The History - Yale University Press. In: Yale Books. August 16, 2006, accessed April 15, 2016 .
  8. ↑ History Of Technology: Hacker. (No longer available online.) In: History of Technology.org. December 15, 2015, archived from the original on January 2, 2017 ; accessed on April 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.historyoftechnology.org
personal data
SURNAME Herlihy, David V.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1958