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'''Lawrence Patrick''' (1920 – April 30, 2006<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eng.wayne.edu/page.php?id=4568 |title=Larry Patrick, pioneer auto safety researcher: 1920 - 2006<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215220245/http://www.eng.wayne.edu/page.php?id=4568 |archive-date=2017-12-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) was an American scientist and researcher who is considered one of the fathers of the [[crash test dummy]]. Between 1960 and 1975, while a [[biomechanics]] professor at [[Detroit]]'s [[Wayne State University]], Patrick described his work by saying "I was a human crash-test dummy".<ref>Mary Roach (November 19, 1999), [http://archive.salon.com/health/col/roac/1999/11/19/crash_test/print.html I was a human crash-test dummy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311013317/http://archive.salon.com/health/col/roac/1999/11/19/crash_test/print.html |date=2006-03-11 }}. Salon.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.</ref> Patrick allowed himself to be subject to over 400 [[rocket sled]] rides,<ref>{{cite web |title=The world's hardest scientists |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2010/nov/04/hardest-scientists |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 September 2022 |date=12 November 2010}}</ref> crushing blows to the [[Human head|head]] and [[Human body|body]], and other forms of physical abuse in an effort to develop a body of [[data]] on how the [[human body]] responded in a [[vehicle]] [[accident]]. One of his students, [[Harold Mertz]], went on to develop [[Hybrid III]], the current worldwide standard [[crash test dummy]]. Lawrence also subjected himself to a 50 pound pendulum to the breast plate to test the effects of a steering column on a human. Lawrence died of [[Parkinson's disease]] on April 30, 2006, at the age of 85.<ref> | '''Lawrence Patrick''' (1920 – April 30, 2006<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eng.wayne.edu/page.php?id=4568 |title=Larry Patrick, pioneer auto safety researcher: 1920 - 2006<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215220245/http://www.eng.wayne.edu/page.php?id=4568 |archive-date=2017-12-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) was an American scientist and researcher who is considered one of the fathers of the [[crash test dummy]]. Between 1960 and 1975, while a [[biomechanics]] professor at [[Detroit]]'s [[Wayne State University]], Patrick described his work by saying "I was a human crash-test dummy".<ref>Mary Roach (November 19, 1999), [http://archive.salon.com/health/col/roac/1999/11/19/crash_test/print.html I was a human crash-test dummy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311013317/http://archive.salon.com/health/col/roac/1999/11/19/crash_test/print.html |date=2006-03-11 }}. Salon.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.</ref> Patrick allowed himself to be subject to over 400 [[rocket sled]] rides,<ref>{{cite web |title=The world's hardest scientists |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2010/nov/04/hardest-scientists |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 September 2022 |date=12 November 2010}}</ref> crushing blows to the [[Human head|head]] and [[Human body|body]], and other forms of physical abuse in an effort to develop a body of [[data]] on how the [[human body]] responded in a [[vehicle]] [[accident]]. One of his students, [[Harold Mertz]], went on to develop [[Hybrid III]], the current worldwide standard [[crash test dummy]]. Lawrence also subjected himself to a 50 pound pendulum to the breast plate to test the effects of a steering column on a human. Lawrence died of [[Parkinson's disease]] on April 30, 2006, at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hendersonvillenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060501/OBITUARIES/605010313/1001 |title=Lawrence M. Patrick, 85 {{!}} BlueRidgeNow.com {{!}} Times-News Online {{!}} Hendersonville, NC<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-05-02 |archive-date=2007-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928010420/http://www.hendersonvillenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060501/OBITUARIES/605010313/1001 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
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Lawrence Patrick (1920 – April 30, 2006[1]) was an American scientist and researcher who is considered one of the fathers of the crash test dummy. Between 1960 and 1975, while a biomechanics professor at Detroit's Wayne State University, Patrick described his work by saying "I was a human crash-test dummy".[2] Patrick allowed himself to be subject to over 400 rocket sled rides,[3] crushing blows to the head and body, and other forms of physical abuse in an effort to develop a body of data on how the human body responded in a vehicle accident. One of his students, Harold Mertz, went on to develop Hybrid III, the current worldwide standard crash test dummy. Lawrence also subjected himself to a 50 pound pendulum to the breast plate to test the effects of a steering column on a human. Lawrence died of Parkinson's disease on April 30, 2006, at the age of 85.[4]
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