Albert Sauveur
Albert Sauveur (born June 21, 1863 in Leuven , Belgium , † January 26, 1939 in Boston , Massachusetts , USA ) was an American metallurgist born in Belgium .
Sauveur founded the first metallurgical laboratory at a university in the world. From 1924 to 1939 he was Gordon McKay Professor of Mining and Metallurgy at Harvard University .
In 1903 Sauveur was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1919 to the American Philosophical Society and in 1927 to the National Academy of Sciences . The ASM International awards since 1939 named after him Albert Sauveur Achievement Award.
Fonts
- Metallography and Heat Treatment of Iron and Steel (1912)
Web links
- Biographical Memoir of Albert Sauveur (English, PDF file, 866 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Albert Sauveur. American Philosophical Society, accessed November 7, 2018 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sauveur, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American metallurgist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leuven , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 1939 |
| Place of death | Boston , Massachusetts, USA |