Owen Hannaway

Owen Hannaway (8 October 1939 - 21 January 2006) was a Scottish historian.

Life

He was born on 8 October 1939 in Glasgow,[1] and educated at St Aloysius' College and Glasgow University.

He died in 2006.[1]

Career

He completed his PhD in Chemistry in 1965 at the University of Glasgow.[2]

Distinctions

He was an Edelstein International Fellow.[3] He received the Derek Price/Rod Webster Prize. He has also received the Dexter Award.[2]

Selected publications

Articles
  • Hannaway, Owen (December 1986). "Laboratory Design and the Aim of Science: Andreas Libavius versus Tycho Brahe". Isis. 77 (4): 584–610. doi:10.1086/354267. S2CID 144538848. (See Andreas Libavius and Tycho Brahe.)
  • Hannaway, Owen (November 1976). "The German Model of Chemical Education in America: Ira Remsen at Johns Hopkins (1876–1913)". Ambix. 23 (3): 145–164. doi:10.1179/amb.1976.23.3.145. PMID 11615603. (See Ira Remsen.)

Books
  • The Chemists And The Word: The Didactic Origins Of Chemistry (1975)[4]

References
  1. "Owen Hannaway, 66, Hopkins professor of science history".
  2. "Owen Hannaway (1939–2006)" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  3. "Edelstein Fellowship". Science History Institute. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. Hall, Marie Boas (March 1977). "Review of The Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry by Owen Hannaway". Isis. 68 (1): 152–153. doi:10.1086/351753.


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