Arnold Thackray

Arnold Wilfrid Thackray
Arnold Thackray, 2005
Born (1939-07-30) July 30, 1939 (age 85)
northwest England
NationalityBritish
OccupationScience historian
Known forFounding President of the Chemical Heritage Foundation
TitleJoseph Priestley Professor Emeritus
AwardsDexter Award
Academic background
Alma materCambridge University
Thesis (1966)
Doctoral advisorMary Hesse
Academic work
DisciplineHistory of Science

Arnold Thackray (born 30 July 1939) is an emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Initially an English chemist, he moved to the United States, where he founded or extended a series of institutions, initially in Philadelphia (Penn’s Department of History and Sociology of Science, and the Chemical Heritage Foundation—later the Science History Institute), then on a wider scale with the History of Science Society (HSS), Science History Consultants, and the Life Sciences Foundation.[1][2]

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  2. ^ "The Life Sciences Foundation – Telling the Story of Biotechnology | BIO". www.bio.org. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2023.