Harry Walter Tyler

"H.W. Tyler" redirects here. For British engineer and politician, see Henry Tyler (British politician).

Harry Walter Tyler (April 16, 1863 – February 3, 1938) was an American chemist and university administrator. He was an active member of the science and education scholarly communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After receiving his Bachelor of Science 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]

Harry Walter Tyler
Tyler (3rd from right, with sun glasses) at the International Congress of Mathematicians, Zürich 1932
Born	(1863-04-16)April 16, 1863 Ipswich, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	February 3, 1938(1938-02-03) (aged 74) Washington D.C., U.S.
Education	BS, Chemistry 1884; PhD, 1889
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1884) Universität Erlangen (Ph.D., 1889)
Spouse	Alice Irving Brown
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry, Mathematics
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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

Career

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, and as leader of the organization from 1930-1933 and again from 1935 to 1936.^[3][4]

After retiring from MIT, he worked in Washington, D.C., at the Library of Congress as Consultant in Science, and later as Honorary Consultant.^[5]

See also

• MIT Mathematics Department