Howard Cary, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Howard Cary

American engineer

Date of Birth: 03-May-1908

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Death: 20-Dec-1991

Profession: engineer, civil engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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.