Harry Walter Tyler

Harry Walter Tyler
Harry Walter Tyler
	Tyler (3rd from right, with sun glasses) at the International Congress of Mathematicians, Zürich 1932
Born	April 16, 1863; Ipswich, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	February 3, 1938 (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

Harry Walter "H.W." Tyler (April 16, 1863 – February 3, 1938) 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.

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