The Professional Memoirs of Hallowell Davis. SIGNED BY HALLOWELL DAVIS.

DAVIS, Hallowell

Published by St. Louis: Central Institute for the Deaf, 1991.

About this Item

112 pp; illustrations. Original leatherette. A few indentations in the spine and covers. Nick in vertical edge of front cover. Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED "Hal Davis" on title page. Davis was 95 when the book was published so his signature is shaky. "Hallowell Davis was born 31 August 1896, the son of Horace A. Davis, an attorney, and Anna Norwood Hallowell. He attended Harvard University (B.A., 1918; M.D. 1922) and Trinity College, Cambridge (1922), where he trained in electrophysiology. In 1923, Dr. Davis began his career as an instructor in Harvard's Physiology Department, eventually serving as its acting director from 1942-1943. In 1947, he became the director for research at the Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis and served on the faculty of Washington University as professor of otolaryngology and physiology. During his long career, Dr. Davis concentrated his research on the central nervous and auditory/physiology areas, which led him to develop machines to measure hearing through the brain's response to sound and to develop standards both for testing hearing and the development of hearing aids. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1948 and received the National Medal of Science from President Gerald Ford in 1976. Davis died in St. Louis in 1992 at the age of 95" (quoting from the website of the Massachusetts Historical Society). Seller Inventory # 17101

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Professional Memoirs of Hallowell Davis....

Publisher: St. Louis: Central Institute for the Deaf, 1991.

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition