Mahmoud Hessabi (or Hessaby, fa, محمود حسابی, February 23, 1903 – September 3, 1992) was an Iranian nuclear

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and

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. He was the Minister of Education of Pahlavi Iran in the cabinet of Prime Minister

Mohammad Mosaddegh Mohammad Mosaddegh ( fa, محمد مصدق, ; 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 35th Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, after appointment by the 16th Majlis. He was a member of ...

from 1951 to 1952.

Life

Hessabi was born in

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to the family of Abbas and Goharshad Hessabi. His family's hometown is

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, Markazi province, Iran. At the age of four, his family moved to

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where the young Hessabi attended primary school. He was still in secondary school when

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started prompting the closure of his school; Hessabi continued his studies at home and in 1922, he earned a degree in road engineering from the American University of Beirut. After briefly working for the Ministry of Roads, Beirut, Hessabi travelled to

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for further education, he was awarded a degree in electrical engineering at the École Superieure d'Electricité and later a doctorate degree in 1927. In Paris, he worked with Aime Cotton. In Tehran, Hessabi was affiliated with the

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and organized the science and engineering faculties of the university, he was a teacher of Alenush Terian while she studied at the university. In June 1951, Hessabi was appointed to a three-man provincial board of the Iranian oil company, the designated successor of the

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. In December, 1951, he replaced Karim Sanjaby as education minister. Between 1961 and 1969, Hessabi was Iran's representative on the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee,

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Museum

In 1992 his house changed to a museum to for recognition of his life. The Mahmoud Hessabi museum is located

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neighborhood in

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Hessaby Foundation
1903 births 1992 deaths Scientists from Tehran University of Paris alumni American University of Beirut alumni Government ministers of Iran Iranian physicists Members of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature People from Tafresh Members of the Senate of Iran {{Iran-politician-stub Recipients of the Legion of Honour

Life

Museum

Selected works

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