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Hollis Godfrey
1874–1936
An engineer, educator, and early science writer, he brought practical know-how to everything he wrote. His books often turn big ideas about technology and society into lively, accessible reading.
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The Man Who Ended War
by Hollis Godfrey
About the author
Born in 1874, Hollis Godfrey was an American writer, teacher, and engineering consultant whose career moved easily between education and public-facing science writing. He studied engineering at Tufts, Harvard, and MIT, later taught at MIT, and built a reputation for explaining technical subjects in a clear, useful way.
Godfrey also served as president of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry from 1913 to 1921. That mix of academic leadership and hands-on engineering shaped his writing, which often reflects a strong interest in invention, progress, and the social impact of new technology.
He died in 1936, but his work still carries the energy of an era fascinated by science and the future. Readers coming to him now will find an author who wrote with confidence, curiosity, and a strong belief that complex subjects could be made understandable to ordinary people.