A. Hunter Dupree

Anderson Hunter Dupree (born 29 January 1921, in Hillsboro, Texas) is an American historian and one of the pioneer historians of the history of science and technology in the United States.

The son of a lawyer, George W. Dupree, and his wife, Sarah Hunter, he attended Oberlin College, where he earned his bachelor of arts degree (summa cum laude) in 1942. Upon completion of his undergraduate work, he joined the United States Navy in 1942-1946, and became a Lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve.

At the end of World War II, Dupree married Marguerite Louise Arnold in 1946, having two children including the historian Marguerite Dupree and the harpsichord maker Anderson H. Dupree.

Hunter Dupree entered Harvard University, where he completed his master's degree in 1947, and his Ph.D. in 1952, having written his doctoral dissertation on Asa Gray, titled "Asa Gray: The Development of a Statesman of Science, 1810-1848".

In 1950, Dupree took up his first academic position as assistant professor of history at Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) in Lubbock, Texas, where he remained until 1952, when he was appointed a research fellow at the Gray Herbarium at Harvard University. He served two appointments there in 1952-54 and 1955-56. In addition, he served as project director on grants at the National Science Foundation, 1953-55.

In 1956, the University of California, Berkeley appointed Dupree as visiting assistant professor of history, then promoted to associate professor in 1958, and professor of history in 1961. He served additionally as assistant to the chancellor in 1960-62, and director of the Bancroft Library in 1965-66. In addition, Dupree was a consultant to the committee on science and public policy at the National Academy of Science in 1963-64. He remained at Berkeley until 1968.

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