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Iranian nuclear physicist (1903–1992)

Mahmoud Hessabi (or Hessaby, Persian: محمود حسابی, 23 February 1903 – 3 September 1992) was an Iranian nuclear physicist and senator.^[1] He was the minister of education in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh from 1951 to 1952.^[2]

Life

Hessabi was born in Tehran to the family of Abbas and Goharshad Hessabi.

His family's hometown is Tafresh, Markazi province, Iran.^[3] His family moved to Beirut in 1907 when his father was appointed consul at the Iranian embassy.^[4] There Hessabi attended primary school. He was still in secondary school when World War I started prompting the closure of his school; Hessabi continued his education 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 Paris for further education, he was awarded a degree in ele Mahmoud Hessaby - I'm Iranian PUVUM