Anderson Hunter Dupree

Anderson Hunter Dupree , often also A. Hunter Dupree, (born January 29, 1921 in Hillsboro (Texas) , † November 30, 2019 in Cambridge (Massachusetts) ) was an American historian . He was considered one of the pioneers in the history of science and technology . Dupree taught at the University of California, Berkeley and until his retirement in 1981 on the chair of history at Brown University in Providence , Rhode Island .

Life

Family and education

At Oberlin College , Dupree received a Bachelor of Arts in 1942

Anderson Hunter Dupree was born in 1921 to lawyer George W. Dupree and his wife Sarah Hunter in the small town of Hillsboro, Texas . At Oberlin College in Ohio , a smaller college with around 3,000 students, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1942 with summa cum laude . After graduation, he joined the United States Navy in 1942 , where it was made Lieutenant in the Reserve .

After the end of World War II , Dupree married Marguerite Louise Arnold in 1946. The couple had two children: the historian Marguerite Dupree and the harpsichord maker Anderson H. Dupree.

Scientific career

In 1947 Dupree earned a master's degree from Harvard University , from which he also received his doctorate in 1952 . His dissertation with the title Asa Gray, the development of a statesman of science, 1810-1848 deals with the career of the botanist and natural historian Asa Gray , in whose honor the Asa Gray Award has been given since 1984 , the highest prize of the American Society of Plant taxonomists .

In 1950 Dupree received his first academic position as an assistant professor of history at the Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University ) in Lubbock . In Lubbock he stayed for two years until he accepted a research fellow at the Gray Herbarium at Harvard in 1952 . He received the scholarship in the periods 1952–1954 and 1955–1956. Between 1953 and 1955 he worked as a project manager on grants for the National Science Foundation .

In 1956, he was appointed University of California, Berkeley for assistance - Visiting Professor (visiting assistant professor) for History , 1958 Extraordinary (associate professor) and in 1960 to full professor (full professor). In Berkeley Dupree remained until 1968. During this period he was between 1960 and 1962 also assistant to the chancellor and 1965/1966 director of the university's Bancroft Library. In addition, he sat in 1963/64 as a consultant in the Committee on Science and Public Policy of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

In 1968 Brown University in Providence , Rhode Island appointed him the George L. Littlefield Chair of History. He held this position until his retirement in 1981. During this professorship he was also active: from 1969 to 1973 as a consultant on the Committee for Science and Technology and Astronautics of the House of Representatives of the United States ; as trustee of the Museum of American Textile History; as a member of the "NASA Historical Advisory Committee" and the "Atomic Energy Commission's Historical Advisory Committee".

honors and awards

In 1967 Dupree was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1976 he received the Presidential Award from the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS). In 1978/79 the Center for Advanced Studies at the National Humanities Center (NHC) selected him as a fellow . In 1990 he was awarded the George Sarton Medal , the highly prestigious prize for the history of science from the History of Science Society (HSS) founded by George Sarton and Lawrence Joseph Henderson .

Publications

• Some Letters from Charles Darwin to Jeffries Wyman . In: Isis , Vol. 42, Part 2., No.128. (June, 1951), pp. 104-110.
• Thomas Nuttall ’s Controversy With Asa Gray . In: Rhodora, Vol. 54, (1952), pp. 293-303.
• Science vs. the Military: Dr. James Morrow and the Perry Expedition . In: The Pacific Historical Review, vol. 22, no. 1, (1953), pp. 29-37.
• Jeffries Wyman 's views on evolution . In: Isis, vol. 44: 243-246 (1953).
• Science in the Federal Government, a history of policies and activities to 1940. (1957, 1986)
• Asa Gray , 1810-1888 (1959, 1968, 1988)
• "What manuscripts the historian wants saved". In: Isis, vol. 53, pp. 63-66 (1962).
• Darwiniana; essays and reviews pertaining to Darwinism by Asa Gray ; edited A. Hunter Dupree. (1963)
• Science and the emergence of modern America, 1865-1916 , edited by A. Hunter Dupree. (1963)
• Some general implications of the research of the Harvard University Program on Technology and Society edited by Emmanuel G. Mesthene. Comment: the anticipation of change by Simon Ramo. Comment: Is technology predictable? by Peter F. Drucker. Comment: the role of technology in society and the need for historical perspective by A. Hunter Dupree. Comment on the comments by Emmanuel G. Mesthene. (1969)
• "The crisis in authority". In: Brown Alumni Monthly, vol. 70, no.1, (1969)
• Science and society: past, present, and future edited by Nicholas H. Steneck with a contribution by A. Hunter Dupree (1975)
• Sir Joseph Banks and the origins of science policy . In: James Ford Bell Lecture; no. 22. (1984).

Individual evidence

1. ^ A. Hunter Dupree. In: andersonbryantfuneralhome.com , accessed January 9, 2020.
2. ^ Brown University faculty Topics
3. ↑ http://www.freebase.com/view/en/brown_university/-/business/employer/employees (link not available)
4. ↑ The Gray Herbarium (GH) at Harvard University ( Memento from August 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ David Michael Gossmann: George Ellery Hale and Mt. Wilson Observatory: The Development of a modern astrophysical Research Institution. A thesis in history. Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts. August 2000, p. 40.
6. ^ Brown University, History From Martha Mitchell's Encyclopedia Brunoniana .
7. ^ American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Book of Members ( PDF ). Retrieved April 2, 2016
8. ^ Sarton Medal - History of Science Society. In: hssonline.org. Retrieved February 12, 2016 .