Holmyard studied at Sexey's School, Bruton, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society. His scholarly work included rectification of accounts of the history of alchemy, particularly in relation with Islamic science. He translated texts from Arabic and Latin, and wrote extensively on Geber. He was responsible with D. C. Mandeville for the re-attribution of the alchemical text De Mineralibus to an origin in Avicenna.[2] Holmyard served as the founding editor of the scientific review and history of science journal Endeavour.
Textbooksedit
As a textbook author, he pioneered an approach to science teaching that included historical material. "His historicized science books were an enormous and long-term commercial success, with Elementary Chemistry (1925) alone selling half-a-million copies by 1960."[3]
Teacheredit
He taught both Nevill Mott and Charles Coulson at Clifton, but his personal influence on them as scientists was low (in Coulson's case, even negative).[4] In contrast, he had a great impact on the future geneticist C. H. Waddington, who followed in his footsteps by matriculating at Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge. Holmyard also published a best seller, A Higher School Inorganic Chemistry, along with W.G. Palmer.
Historical worksedit
Kitab al-‘Ilm al-maktasab fi zira‘at adh-dhahab: Book of knowledge acquired concerning the cultivation of gold by Abu 'l-Qasim Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-‘Iraqi (1923; translator)
Chemistry to the Time of Dalton (1925)
Avicenna De congelatione et conglutinatione lapidum (1927; translator with D. C. Mandeville)
The Works of Geber (1928), with Richard Russell (1678 translator)
Ordinall of Alchemy by Thomas Norton (1929; facsimile, editor)
The Great Chemists (1929)
Makers of Chemistry (1931)
Ancestors of An Industry: The story of British scientific achievement (1950)
British Scientists (1951)
Alchemy (1957)
A History of Technology (1954-8) five volumes, with Charles Singer
Notesedit
^. Archived from the original on 2007-02-21. Retrieved 2007-02-08.
^Liukkonen, Petri. . Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007.
^Mayer, A. K. (December 2002). "Fatal Mutilations: Educationism and the British Background to the 1931 International Congress for the History of Science and Technology" (PDF). History of Science. 40 (4): 445–472. doi:10.1177/007327530204000404. S2CID 162156437.
^[1]: … Holmyard — the prolific writer of elementary textbooks — apparently met with no success in attracting him towards Chemistry; indeed, he chose quite firmly the Classics.
eric, john, holmyard, july, 1891, october, 1959, english, science, teacher, clifton, college, historian, science, technology, contents, scholar, textbooks, teacher, historical, works, notes, references, external, linksscholar, editholmyard, studied, sexey, sch. Eric John Holmyard 11 July 1891 13 October 1959 was an English science teacher at Clifton College 1 and historian of science and technology Contents 1 Scholar 2 Textbooks 3 Teacher 4 Historical works 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksScholar editHolmyard studied at Sexey s School Bruton and Sidney Sussex College Cambridge and was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society His scholarly work included rectification of accounts of the history of alchemy particularly in relation with Islamic science He translated texts from Arabic and Latin and wrote extensively on Geber He was responsible with D C Mandeville for the re attribution of the alchemical text De Mineralibus to an origin in Avicenna 2 Holmyard served as the founding editor of the scientific review and history of science journal Endeavour Textbooks editAs a textbook author he pioneered an approach to science teaching that included historical material His historicized science books were an enormous and long term commercial success with Elementary Chemistry 1925 alone selling half a million copies by 1960 3 Teacher editHe taught both Nevill Mott and Charles Coulson at Clifton but his personal influence on them as scientists was low in Coulson s case even negative 4 In contrast he had a great impact on the future geneticist C H Waddington who followed in his footsteps by matriculating at Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge Holmyard also published a best seller A Higher School Inorganic Chemistry along with W G Palmer Historical works editKitab al Ilm al maktasab fi zira at adh dhahab Book of knowledge acquired concerning the cultivation of gold by Abu l Qasim Muhammad ibn Ahmad al Iraqi 1923 translator Chemistry to the Time of Dalton 1925 Avicenna De congelatione et conglutinatione lapidum 1927 translator with D C Mandeville The Works of Geber 1928 with Richard Russell 1678 translator Ordinall of Alchemy by Thomas Norton 1929 facsimile editor The Great Chemists 1929 Makers of Chemistry 1931 Ancestors of An Industry The story of British scientific achievement 1950 British Scientists 1951 Alchemy 1957 A History of Technology 1954 8 five volumes with Charles SingerNotes edit Alchemy at Clifton College Bristol UK Archived from the original on 2007 02 21 Retrieved 2007 02 08 Liukkonen Petri Avicenna Books and Writers kirjasto sci fi Finland Kuusankoski Public Library Archived from the original on 20 February 2007 Mayer A K December 2002 Fatal Mutilations Educationism and the British Background to the 1931 International Congress for the History of Science and Technology PDF History of Science 40 4 445 472 doi 10 1177 007327530204000404 S2CID 162156437 1 Holmyard the prolific writer of elementary textbooks apparently met with no success in attracting him towards Chemistry indeed he chose quite firmly the Classics References editEntry in the Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyExternal links editWorks by or about Eric John Holmyard at Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eric John Holmyard amp oldid 1217502207, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
