Personal information

Albert Van Helden

Date of birth: 7 March 1940

Place of birth: The Hague, Netherlands (US. Citizen)

Education

B. Eng. 1962 Stevens Institute of Technology

M.S. 1964 Stevens Institute of Technology

M.A. 1967 University of Michigan (History)

Ph.D. 1970 Imperial College, University of London (History of Science)

Employment

1964-66 Ford Motor Company. Metallurgical Engineer

1970-2001 Rice University:

1970-75 Assistant Professor of History

1975-83 Associate Professor of History

1983-88 Professor of History

1988-2001 Lynette S. Autrey Professor of History

2001- Utrecht University:

2001- Professor of History of Science

Professional Societies

International Academy of the History of Science, Corresponding Member

History of Science Society, (Vice President, 1996-97, President, 1998-99)

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow

GeWiNa (Dutch Society for the History of Science)

American Astronomical Society (Historical Astronomy Division)

International Astronomical Union (Section 41)

Editorial Boards

Isis, 1989-94

Journal for the History of Astronomy, 1988-

Tractrix, 1989-1995

Air and Space, 1990-

Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, 1991-1993