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Michael Sean Mahoney
American historian of science
Michael Sean Mahoney (June 30, 1939 – July 23, 2008) was a historian of science and technology.
Mahoney was born in New York City, and did his undergraduate studies at Harvard University, graduating in 1960. He earned a Ph.D. in history and history of science from Princeton University in 1967, and immediately took a position as an assistant professor there. He remained at Princeton for over 40 years, until his death in 2008.[1][2][3]
A conference on the history of science and technology was held in his honor at Princeton in May 2009.[4]