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David V. Herlihy (born July 30, 1958) is an author and historian. He is notable for writing ''Bicycle: The History'', published by
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, and ''Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance''. He has also presented at the
International Cycling History Conference The International Cycling History Conference (ICHC) is an annual event devoted to applying academic rigor to the history of bicycles and cycling. The first conference was held in Glasgow, Scotland in 1990. The proceedings of each conference are p ...
and has published an opinion piece on cycling in
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. He graduated from
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in 1980 and is an alumnus of the Harvard Cycling Club. He is the son of noted historians
David Herlihy David Herlihy (May 8, 1930 – February 15, 1991) was an American historian who wrote on medieval and renaissance life. He was married to historian Patricia Herlihy; one of their sons is the historian of bicycles, David V. Herlihy. Topics of his ...
and Patricia Herlihy.


Awards

*1999 McNair History Award from the Wheelmen, the preeminent American association of antique bicycle collectors. *2004 Award for Excellence in the History of Science sponsored by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the
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. *2005
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Prize sponsored by the
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Invention of the bicycle

Herlihy presented evidence at the fourth
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in Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 11-16, 1993, that
Pierre Lallement Pierre Lallement (; October 25, 1843 – August 29, 1891) is considered by some''New York Times'' accessed July 18, 2010 to be the inventor of the pedal bicycle. Early years Lallement was born on October 25, 1843 in Pont-à-Mousson near Nancy, Fr ...
deserves credit for putting
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on the
dandy horse The dandy horse, a derogatory term for what was first called a Laufmaschine (in German), then a vélocipède or draisienne (in French and then English), and then a pedestrian curricle or hobby-horse, or swiftwalker, is a human-powered vehicle th ...
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Herlihy, David V. 1958 births Living people American sports journalists American male non-fiction writers Cycling writers Harvard University alumni