Ferguson, Eugene S. (1916 - 2004)

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American professor of history of technology

Originally trained and worked as an engineer, Ferguson switched after the World War II to the history of technology. He served as curator of collections, as a lecturer and professor of technology history and as president of the U.S. association "Society for the History of Technology." He was particularly known by the member for whom he theory of the role of nonverbal thinking in engineering.

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Curriculum vitae

* 1916	Wilmington	born
1937	Pittsburgh	Bachelor für Maschinenbau am "Carnegie Institute of Technology"
1937 - 1938	Baltimore	Ingenieur bei der "Western Electric Company"
? - 1942	Philadelphia	Anlagenfahrer einer Raffinerie der Firma Gulf
? - 1942	Gibbstown	Reparaturingenieur bei der Firma DuPont
? - 1942	Pompton Lakes	Konstrukteur bei der Firma DuPont
1942 - 1945		Wehrdienst bei der "US Naval Reserve"
1946 - 1958	Ames	Doz. für Maschinenbau am "Iowa State College"
1955	Ames	Master für Maschinenbau am "Iowa State College"
1958	Washington	Mitbegründer der "Society for the History of Technology" (SHOT)
1958 - 1961	Washington	Kurator für Maschinenbau und Bauwesen am "Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of History and Technology"
1961 - 1968	Ames	Prof. für Maschinenbau an der "Iowa State University"
1965 - 1975		Mitherausgeber der Zeitschrift "Technology and Culture"
1967 - 1971		Mitglied des Vorstandes der "Society for the History of Technology"
1969	Wilmington	Kurator für Technologie der "Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation"
1969 - 1979	Newark	Prof. für Technikgeschichte an der "University of Delaware"
1977 - 1978		Präsident der "Society for the History of Technology"
† 21.03.2004		died

Collections

Automation, since 1950

Literature

	Kinematics of mechanisms from the time of Watt Author: Ferguson, Eugene S. Published: 1962
	The kinematics of machinery ; outlines of a theory of machines Author: Reuleaux, Franz Published: 1963
	The Mind's Eye - Nonverbal Thought in Technology, in: Science Author: Ferguson, Eugene S. Published: 1977
	The various and ingenious machines of Agostino Ramelli : a classic sixteenth-century illustrated treatise on technology ; Translated from the Italian and French with a biographical study of the author by Martha Teach Gnudi; technical annotations and a pictorial glossary by Eugene S. Ferguson Author: Ferguson, Eugene S. (Ed.); Gnudi, Martha Teach (Ed.) Published: 1987
	Engineering and the mind's eye Author: Ferguson, Eugene S. Published: 1992
	Das innere Auge. Von der Kunst des Ingenieurs Author: Ferguson, Eugene S. Published: 1993
	Oliver Evans, Inventive Genius of the American Industrial Revolution Author: Ferguson, Eugene S. Published: 1980
	Elegant Inventions ; the artistic component of technology Author: Ferguson, Eugene S. Published: 1978
	Leupolds Theatrum Machinarum: A need and an opportunity, in: Technology and culture Author: Ferguson, Eugene S. Published: 1971
	An intellectual biography, in: Technology and culture Author: Ferguson, Eugene S. Published: 1978

Secondary literature

	Eugene S. Ferguson, 1916-2004, in: Technology and culture Author: Hounshell, David A. Published: 2004
	An intellectual biography, in: Technology and culture Author: Ferguson, Eugene S. Published: 1978

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Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_227004.html
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