R. Anthony Hyman Explained

R. Anthony Hyman
Birth Date:	1928
Birth Place:	London, England
Death Date:	2011
Education:	Dartington Hall School
Alma Mater:	Trinity College, Cambridge
Notableworks:	Charles Babbage, Pioneer of the Computer (1982).
Occupation:	Historian of computing
Years Active:	1973–2007
Employer:	English Electric LEO University of Oxford
Spouse:	Laura Alice Boyd (1934–1999), daughter of the 6th Baron Kilmarnock
Children:	3, including the biologist Anthony A. Hyman

Robert Anthony Hyman (1928–2011) was a British historian of computing.

Anthony Hyman wrote especially on the early Victorian computer pioneer, Charles Babbage (1791–1871). He liaised with the London Science Museum, the Royal Society, the Crawford Library, the Oxford Museum of the History of Science, the Cambridge University Library, the Edinburgh Royal Observatory for source material.^[1]

Hyman was born in 1928 in London. He studied at Dartington Hall and then Trinity College, Cambridge. He worked on transistors in the early 1950s, became a polymer scientist, and then worked as a computer researcher for English Electric LEO, before becoming "a free-lance computer consultant and historian of science", and the Alastair Horne Modern History Fellow at the University of Oxford.^[2] In 1962, Hyman married Hon. Laura Alice Boyd (1934–1999), daughter of the 6th Baron Kilmarnock. They had three children, including noted biologist Anthony A. Hyman. Hyman died in 2011.^[3]

Selected publications

Hyman published the following books:

• Book: Hyman . Anthony . 1973 . The Computer in Design . . 978-0289702680 . ^[4]
• Book: Hyman . Anthony . 2 . 1978 . Computing: A Dictionary of Terms, Concepts and Ideas . . 0099123207 .
• Book: Hyman . Anthony . 2 . 1980 . The Coming of the Chip . . 978-0450049286 .
• Book: Hyman . Anthony . 2 . 1989 . Science and Reform: Selected works of Charles Babbage . . 978-0521343114 . ^[5]
• Book: Hyman . Anthony . 1992 . Charles Babbage: Pioneer of the Computer . . 978-0-691-08303-2 . 1982 . registration . ^[6]
• Book: Gentle Bridges: Architecture, Art and Science. R. Anthony. Hyman. Gerhard. Mack. Juhani. Pallasmaa. Birkhäuser. 2002. 9783764367503.
• Book: Hyman . Anthony . 2007 . The Selfseeker . Teignvalley Press . 978-0955538704 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Hyman . Anthony . Science and Reform: Selected works of Charles Babbage . 2007 . . 978-0521036764 .
2. Book: 93. Cambridge Scientific Minds. Peter Michael. Harman. Simon. Mitton. Cambridge University Press. 2002. 9780521786126.
3. Book: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. 2547. 2019. 9781999767051 . Morris . Susan . eBook Partnership .
4. Lang . C. A. . January 1974 . 10.1093/comjnl/17.1.63 . 1 . The Computer Journal . 63 . Review of The Computer in Design . 17. free .
5. Reviews of Science and Reform:
   • Anderson . Antony . 1989-10-07 . Messing around on the river . 2023-05-19 . New Scientist . en-US.
   • Campbell-Kelly. Martin. Williams. Michael R.. none. Annals of Science. July 1990. 47. 4. 411–412. 10.1080/00033799000200331.
   • I.. Grattan-Guinness. none. zbMATH. 0698.01022.
   • Rosmaita . Brian J. . 1990 . none . Albion . en . 22 . 4 . 694–695 . 10.2307/4051416 . 0095-1390. 4051416.
   • Swade . Doron . 1991 . The world reduced to number . Isis . 82 . 3 . 532–536 . 10.1086/355843 . 0021-1753. 233232. 147099592 .
   • Swinbank. Peter. History. none. 76. 248 . October 1991. 522–523 . 24421496.
6. Reviews of :
   • Aspray . William . 1982-11-12 . A scientist and reformer . Science . en . 218 . 4573 . 672–673 . 10.1126/science.218.4573.672 . 0036-8075. 1688618. 17791583 .
   • Berg. Maxine. 10.1080/00076798300000023. none. Business History. 1983 . 25. 2. 200–201.
   • Burton. Hilary. Library Journal. none. 107. 11. 1091. June 1982.
   • Hartley . M. G. . July 1983 . none . The International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education . en . 20 . 3 . 285–286 . 10.1177/002072098302000329 . 115638406 . 0020-7209.
   • I. D. . Hill. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A . none. 148. 2. 1985. 171. 2981961. 10.2307/2981961.
   • Mason . Michael . Tons of sums . London Review of Books . 4 . 17 . 16 September 1982.
   • O'Donnell . John T. . August 1985 . none . The American Mathematical Monthly . en . 92 . 7 . 522–525 . 10.1080/00029890.1985.11971672 . 0002-9890. 2322530.
   • Joan L. . Richards. Isis. none. 74. 2 . June 1983. 292. 233151. 10.1086/353292.
   • Smillie . K. W. . July 1983 . none . SIAM Review . en . 25 . 3 . 422–423 . 10.1137/1025100 . 0036-1445. 2029408.
   • Garry J.. Tee. none. Mathematical Reviews. 1984. 0693093.
   • Henry S.. Tropp. Technology and Culture. none. 25. 3 . July 1984. 651–653 . 3104217. 10.2307/3104217.
   • J. W. W.. Mathematics of Computation. none. 46. 174. April 1986. 759. 2008013. 10.2307/2008013.