Arnold Thackray
Historian of science and professor
Arnold Thackray is a historian of science and emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He co-wrote Moore’s Law, a biography of Gordon Moore.
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British Born 1939 in England, United Kingdom
About Arnold Thackray
Born on 30 July 1939, Arnold Thackray is a retired professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the founding chair of its Department of History and Sociology of Science. He earned his doctorate from Cambridge University in 1966. He has held posts or fellowships at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, the Institute for Advanced Study and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Thackray founded the Chemical Heritage Foundation, now called the Science History Institute, and served as its president for 25 years. In 1983 the American Chemical Society gave him its Dexter Award, honoring his contributions to chemistry's history. With David C. Brock and Rachel Jones, he wrote Moore’s Law, a biography of Gordon Moore and his part in the story of Silicon Valley.