Brooke Hindle (1918-2001) was a prominent historian who wrote extensively on early American science and technology. He was born in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, on September 28, 1918, and received his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University, and the University of Pennsylvania. He spent much of his teaching career at New York University, where he was chairman of the department of history (1965-1967, 1970-1974) and dean of University College (1967-1969). In 1974, he became director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of History & Technology, serving until 1978, when he was named senior historian. He held an emeritus position with the Smithsonian after his retirement in 1985. Hindle was senior resident scholar at the Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation (1969-1970), a member of its advisory committee (1971-1974), and a trustee (1974-1985). He was president of the Society for the History of Technology.