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The George Sarton Medal is the most prestigious award of the History of Science Society since 1955. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... The History of Science Society (HSS) is the primary professional society for the academic study of the history of science, founded in 1924 by George Sarton. ...


The Sarton Medalists are:[1]

Year Recipient(s)
1955 George Sarton
1956 Charles and Dorothea Waley Singer
1957 Lynn Thorndike
1958 John F. Fulton
1959 Richard Shryock
1960 Owsei Temkin
1961 Alexandre Koyré
1962 E. J. Dijksterhuis
1963 Vassili Zoubov
1964 NOT AWARDED
1965 J. R. Partington
1966 Anneliese Maier
1967 NOT AWARDED
1968 Joseph Needham
1969 Kurt Vogel
1970 Walter Pagel
1971 Willy Hartner
1972 Kiyosi Yabuuti
1973 Henry Guerlac
1974 I. Bernard Cohen
1975 René Taton
1976 Bern Dibner
1977 Derek T. Whiteside
1978 A.P. Youschkevitch
1979 Maria Luisa Righini-Bonelli
1980 Marshall Clagett
1981 A. Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall
1982 Thomas S. Kuhn
1983 Georges Canguilhem
1984 Charles Coulston Gillispie
1985 Paolo Rossi, Richard S. Westfall (Two medals awarded)
1986 Ernst Mayr
1987 G.E.R. Lloyd
1988 Stillman Drake
1989 Gerald Holton
1990 A. Hunter Dupree
1991 Mirko D. Grmek
1992 Edward Grant
1993 John L. Heilbron
1994 Allen G. Debus
1995 Charles Rosenberg
1996 Loren Graham
1997 Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs
1998 Thomas L. Hankins
1999 David C. Lindberg
2000 Frederick L. Holmes
2001 Daniel J. Kevles
2002 John C. Greene
2003 Nancy Siraisi
2004 Robert E. Kohler
2005 I.A. Sabra
2006 Mary Jo Nye

George Alfred Leon Sarton (1884-1956) was a seminal Belgian-American polymath and historian of science. ... Alexandre Koyré Alexandre Koyré (1882/1892, Taganrog - April 28, 1964, Paris) was a French philosopher of Russian origin who wrote on history and the philosophy of science. ... Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham (December 9, 1900 – March 24, 1995) was a British biochemist and pre-eminent authority on the history of Chinese science. ... I. Bernard Cohen (1914-2003) was the Victor S. Thomas Professor of the history of science at Harvard University and the author of many books on the history of science and, in particular, Isaac Newton. ... Thomas Samuel Kuhn (July 18, 1922 – June 17, 1996) was an American intellectual who wrote extensively on the history of science and developed several important notions in the philosophy of science. ... This article has been identified as possibly containing errors. ... John L. Heilbron, American historian of science and academic. ... Allen G. Debus (born August 16, 1926 in Chicago) is an American historian of science, known primarily for his work in the history of chemistry and alchemy. ...

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.hssonline.org/society/society_frame.html?http://www.hssonline.org/society/awards/sarton.html

References

  • http://www.hssonline.org/society/society_frame.html?http://www.hssonline.org/society/awards/sarton.html


 

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