Biography:R. Anthony Hyman
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Short description: British historian of computing
R. Anthony Hyman | |
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| Born | 1928 London, England |
| Died | 2011 |
| Occupation | Historian of computing |
| Education | Dartington Hall School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Notable works | Charles Babbage, Pioneer of the Computer (1982). |
| Years active | 1973–2007 |
| Spouse | Laura Alice Boyd (1934–1999), daughter of the 6th Baron Kilmarnock |
| Children | 3, including the biologist Anthony A. Hyman |
Robert Anthony Hyman (1928–2011) was a British historian of computing.
Anthony Hyman wrote especially on the early Victorian computer pioneer, Charles Babbage (1791–1871). He liaised with the London Science Museum, the Royal Society, the Crawford Library, the Oxford Museum of the History of Science, the Cambridge University Library, the Edinburgh Royal Observatory for source material.[1]
Hyman was born in 1928 in London. He studied at Dartington Hall and then Trinity College, Cambridge. He worked on transistors in the early 1950s, became a polymer scientist, and then worked as a computer researcher for English Electric LEO, before becoming "a free-lance computer consultant and historian of science", and the Alastair Horne Modern History Fellow at the University of Oxford.[2] In 1962, Hyman married Hon. Laura Alice Boyd (1934–1999), daughter of the 6th Baron Kilmarnock. They had three children, including noted biologist Anthony A. Hyman. Hyman died in 2011.[3]
Selected publications
Hyman published the following books:
- Hyman, Anthony (1973). The Computer in Design. Littlehampton Book Services. ISBN 978-0289702680.[4]
- Science and Reform: Selected works of Charles Babbage. Cambridge University Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0521343114.[5]
- Hyman, Anthony (1992). Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Computer. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-08303-2. https://archive.org/details/charlesbabbagepi0000hyma.[6]
- Hyman, R. Anthony; Mack, Gerhard; Pallasmaa, Juhani, eds (2002). Gentle Bridges: Architecture, Art and Science. Birkhäuser. ISBN 9783764367503.
- Hyman, Anthony (2007). The Selfseeker. Teignvalley Press. ISBN 978-0955538704.
References
- ↑ Science and Reform: Selected works of Charles Babbage. Cambridge University Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0521036764. https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/history/history-science-and-technology/science-and-reform-selected-works-charles-babbage?format=PB&isbn=9780521036764.
- ↑ Harman, Peter Michael; Mitton, Simon, eds (2002). Cambridge Scientific Minds. Cambridge University Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780521786126. https://books.google.com/books?id=NtSqvOPanSEC&pg=PA93.
- ↑ Morris, Susan (2019). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. eBook Partnership. p. 2547. ISBN 9781999767051. https://books.google.com/books?id=99tHEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA2547.
- ↑ Lang, C. A. (January 1974). "Review of The Computer in Design". The Computer Journal 17 (1): 63. doi:10.1093/comjnl/17.1.63.
- ↑ Reviews of Science and Reform:
- Anderson, Antony (1989-10-07). "Messing around on the river" (in en-US). New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12416853-900-messing-around-on-the-river-review-of-science-and-reform-selected-works-of-charles-babbage-edited-by-anthony-hyman/. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- Campbell-Kelly, Martin; Williams, Michael R. (July 1990). "none". Annals of Science 47 (4): 411–412. doi:10.1080/00033799000200331.
- Grattan-Guinness, I.. "none". zbMATH.
- Rosmaita, Brian J. (1990). "none" (in en). Albion 22 (4): 694–695. doi:10.2307/4051416. ISSN 0095-1390.
- Swade, Doron (1991). "The world reduced to number". Isis 82 (3): 532–536. doi:10.1086/355843. ISSN 0021-1753. https://www.jstor.org/stable/233232.
- Swinbank, Peter (October 1991). "none". History 76 (248): 522–523.
- ↑ Reviews of Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Computer:
- Aspray, William (1982-11-12). "A scientist and reformer" (in en). Science 218 (4573): 672–673. doi:10.1126/science.218.4573.672. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17791583.
- Berg, Maxine (1983). "none". Business History 25 (2): 200–201. doi:10.1080/00076798300000023.
- Burton, Hilary (June 1982). "none". Library Journal 107 (11): 1091.
- Hartley, M. G. (July 1983). "none" (in en). The International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education 20 (3): 285–286. doi:10.1177/002072098302000329. ISSN 0020-7209.
- Hill, I. D. (1985). "none". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A 148 (2): 171. doi:10.2307/2981961.
- Mason, Michael (16 September 1982). "Tons of sums". London Review of Books 4 (17). https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v04/n17/michael-mason/tons-of-sums.
- O'Donnell, John T. (August 1985). "none" (in en). The American Mathematical Monthly 92 (7): 522–525. doi:10.1080/00029890.1985.11971672. ISSN 0002-9890.
- Richards, Joan L. (June 1983). "none". Isis 74 (2): 292. doi:10.1086/353292.
- Smillie, K. W. (July 1983). "none" (in en). SIAM Review 25 (3): 422–423. doi:10.1137/1025100. ISSN 0036-1445.
- Tee, Garry J. (1984). "none". Mathematical Reviews.
- Tropp, Henry S. (July 1984). "none". Technology and Culture 25 (3): 651–653. doi:10.2307/3104217.
- J. W. W. (April 1986). "none". Mathematics of Computation 46 (174): 759. doi:10.2307/2008013.
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