Peter W. Huber
Peter W. Huber | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 3, 1952 |
| Died | January 9, 2021 (aged 68) Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Spouse | Andrea Huber |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, PhD) Harvard University (JD) |
| Thesis | Electric charging in liquid hydrocarbon filtration (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ain A. Sonin |
| Other advisors | James R. Melcher, Ronald F. Probstein |
Peter William Huber (November 3, 1952 – January 8, 2021) was a Canadian-American lawyer and author. He was a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and was a founding partner at the law firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel. He is credited with popularizing the term "junk science" in 1991, and articulating a conservative approach to environmentalism in his 2000 book, Hard Green: Saving the Environment from the Environmentalists.