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Thomas P. Hughes

American historian · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1923 to 2014 · aged 90

Thomas Parke Hughes was an American historian of technology. He was an emeritus professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania and a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford.

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2014Died3 February 20141990John Desmond Bernal PrizeAward1985Leonardo da Vinci MedalAward1981Abbot Payson Usher PrizeAward1923Born13 September 1923

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John Desmond Bernal Prize1990
Leonardo da Vinci Medal1985
Abbot Payson Usher Prize1981
Guggenheim Fellowship

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 2014 · aged 90