Harry Walter Tyler

Harry Walter Tyler
Born	April 16, 1863 Ipswich, Massachusetts
Died	February 3, 1938 (aged 74) Washington D.C. Heart failure
Fields	Chemistry, Mathematics
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Education	BS, Chemistry 1884; PhD, 1889
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1884) Universität Erlangen (Ph.D., 1889)
Theses	The Decomposition of Hexane at High Temperatures (1884) Beziehungen zwischen der Sylvester’schen und der Bézout’schen determinante (1889)
Doctoral advisors	Paul Gordan, Max Noether
Spouse	Alice Irving Brown

Harry Walter Tyler (April 16, 1863 – February 3, 1938) was an active member of the science and education scholarly communities in the late 1800s to early 1900s. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1884, he taught and served in various administrative positions at the Institute from 1884 until his retirement in 1930.^[1] Outside of MIT he was a founding member of both the College Entrance Examination Board in 1901 and the History of Science Society in 1924.^[2] He served as Secretary of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) for twenty years.^[3] After retiring from MIT he worked in Washington D.C. at the Library of Congress as Consultant in Science, and later as Honorary Consultant.

See also

• MIT Mathematics Department

References

1. "Tyler, Harry Walter". MIT Museum Collections - People. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
2. Bigelow, Robert P. (1939). "Harry Walter Tyler". Isis. 31 (1): 60–64. doi:10.1086/347566. JSTOR 226018.
3. Tiede, Joerg. "H.W. Tyler". The Academe Blog. Retrieved 8 April 2015.