L. Pearce Williams, Date of Birth, Date of Death

L. Pearce Williams

American academic

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1927

Date of Death: 07-Feb-2015

Profession: historian, historian of science

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Leslie Pearce Williams (September 8, 1927 – February 8, 2015) was a chaired professor at Cornell University's Department of History who also chaired the department for many years.
He was also the founder, in the mid-1980s, of Cornell's program in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, which later became part of the Department of Science and Technology Studies.