For the British politician, see Gerald Berkeley Hurst.
Gerald Hurst
Born
June 16, 1937
Davis, Oklahoma
Died
March 11, 2015 (aged 77)
Austin, Texas
Nationality
American
Other names
Jerry
Alma mater
University of Cambridge
Known for
Arson investigations
Scientific career
Fields
Chemistry
Gerald "Jerry" Hurst (June 16, 1937 – March 11, 2015) was an American chemist and fire investigator. Before becoming noted for arson investigations, Hurst designed explosives for warfare, invented a binary explosive device known as Kinepak and developed an improved chemical compound to create Liquid Paper. He also devised an explosive called Astrolite as well as the Mylar balloon.
Hurst provided consultation or expert testimony in several high-profile arson cases, including that of executed Texas death row inmate Cameron Todd Willingham. His work also led to the parole of convicted arsonist Sonia Cacy and the release of Ernest Ray Willis, who had spent 17 years on death row in Texas.
Gerald "Jerry" Hurst (June 16, 1937 – March 11, 2015) was an American chemist and fire investigator. Before becoming noted for arson investigations, Hurst...
was 36 years old. In 2004, GeraldHurst examined the arson evidence compiled by state deputy fire marshal Manuel Vasquez. Hurst individually discredited...
Astrolite is the trade name of a family of explosives, invented by chemist GeraldHurst in the 1960s during his employment with the Atlas Powder Company. The...
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category is somewhat unusual in that a single explosives researcher, GeraldHurst, was responsible for inventing and developing most of the explosive mixtures...
Manchester's Moss Side. He came second to the sitting Conservative MP, Gerald Berkeley Hurst, in a three-cornered contest, with Labour’s T. W. Mercer in third...
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execution and after several years of unsuccessful appeals, arson expert GeraldHurst filed a report advising the 7-member Board of Pardons and Paroles that...
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encouraged the research interests of others. However, John Hurst argued that "we should regard Gerald Dunning as the main founding father of medieval archaeology...
governors. Hurst was knighted in 1937 six years after his older brother Gerald Berkeley Hurst. He died in Birmingham in 1944, aged 65. Hurst was married...
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also became a member of parliament. One of his daughters married Sir GeraldHurst MP and another, Ellen, married George Harwood MP. A granddaughter, Georgina...
Labour Manchester Hulme Joseph Nall Conservative Manchester Moss Side GeraldHurst Conservative Manchester Platting J. R. Clynes Labour Manchester Rusholme...
Labour Manchester Hulme Andrew McElwee Labour Manchester Moss Side Sir GeraldHurst Conservative Manchester Platting Rt Hon. J. R. Clynes Labour Manchester...
Conservative Manchester Hulme Joseph Nall Conservative Manchester Moss Side Sir GeraldHurst Conservative Manchester Platting Alan Chorlton Conservative Manchester...
Labour Manchester Hulme Joseph Nall Conservative Manchester Moss Side GeraldHurst Conservative Manchester Platting J. R. Clynes Labour Manchester Rusholme...
Manchester Moss Side Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist GeraldHurst 11,625 39.6 -18.7 Labour A. A. Purcell 9,522 32.5 n/a Liberal Thomas Ackroyd 8,191...
Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Thomas Ackroyd 12,210 54.9 +26.0 Unionist GeraldHurst 9,097 40.9 -10.3 Independent James Charles Daniel Bustard 949 4.3 n/a...
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