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Hindle, Brooke.
Brooke Hindle was born in Drexel Hill, Pa., on September 28, 1918, and received his education at MIT, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania. He spent much of his teaching career at NYU, where he was chairman of the dept. of history (1965-1967, 1970-1974) and dean of University College (1967-1969). In 1974 he became director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of History & Technology, serving until 1978, when he was named senior historian. He has held an emeritus position with the Smithsonian since his retirement in 1985. Hindle was senior resident scholar at the Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation (1969-1970), a member of its advisory committee (1971-1974) and trustee (1974-1985). He was president of the Society for the History of Technology. Hindle has written extensively on early American science and technology.
From the description of The exhilaration of early American technology, 1965 [typescript]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122503367
