Howard Cary
Henry Howard Cary | |
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Graduation photo, 1930 | |
| Born | May 3, 1908 |
| Died | December 20, 1991 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology |
| Awards | David Richardson Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physical Chemistry |
| Institutions | Beckman Instruments, Cary Instruments |
Henry Cary (3 May 1908 – 20 December 1991) was an American engineer and the co-founder of the Applied Physics Corporation (later known as Cary Instruments), along with George W. Downs and William Miller. The Cary 14 UV-Vis-NIR and the Cary Model 81 Raman Spectrophotometer were particularly important contributions in scientific instrumentation and spectroscopy. Before starting Applied Physics, Cary was employed by Beckman Instruments, where he worked on the design of several instruments including the ubiquitous DU spectrophotometer. Howard Cary was a founder and the first president of the Optical Society of Southern California.