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

Life

He was born on 8 October 1939 in

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, and educated at St Aloysius' College and

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. He died in 2006.

Career

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

Distinctions

He was an

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. He received the Derek Price/Rod Webster Prize. He has also received the

Dexter Award The HIST Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry (2013-present) is given by the Division of the History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The award was originally known as the Dexter Award (1956-2001) and th ...

Selected publications

Articles

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and

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Books

* ''The Chemists And The Word: The Didactic Origins Of Chemistry'' (1975)

References

20th-century Scottish historians 1939 births 2006 deaths Writers from Glasgow People educated at St Aloysius' College, Glasgow Alumni of the University of Glasgow Academics of the University of Glasgow Historians of science Scottish emigrants to the United States {{UK-historian-stub