Arthur Dehon Little

Arthur Dehon Little
Little in 1920
Born(1863-12-15)December 15, 1863
Boston, Massachusetts, US
DiedAugust 1, 1935(1935-08-01) (aged 71)
Northeast Harbor, Maine, US
Alma materMIT
Occupation(s)Chemist, Chemical Engineer, Management consultant
SpouseHenrietta Rogers Anthony
RelativesRoyal Little (nephew)
AwardsPerkin Medal
The Arthur D. Little Inc. building at 30 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near MIT, which opened in 1917

Arthur Dehon Little (December 15, 1863 – August 1, 1935)[1] was an American chemist and chemical engineer. He founded the consulting company Arthur D. Little and was instrumental in developing chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is credited with introducing the term unit operations to chemical engineering[2] and promoting the concept of industrial research.[3][4]

  1. ^ Keyes, Frederick G (1937). "Arthur Dehon Little (1863–1935)". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 71 (10): 513–519. JSTOR 20023256.
  2. ^ Servos, John W. (December 1980). "The Industrial Relations of Science: Chemical Engineering at MIT, 1900–1939". Isis. 71 (4): 530–549. doi:10.1086/352591. JSTOR 230499. S2CID 145327416.
  3. ^ Servos, John W. (1990). Physical chemistry from Ostwald to Pauling : the making of a science in America (2nd ed.). Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. pp. 208, 363. ISBN 978-0-691-08566-1.
  4. ^ "Arthur D. Little, William H. Walker, and Warren K. Lewis". Science History Institute. Retrieved 20 March 2018.