George Sarton Medal
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The George Sarton Medal is the most prestigious award given by the History of Science Society
. It has been awarded annually since 1955. It is awarded to an historian
of science
from the international community who became distinguished for "a lifetime of scholarly achievement" in the field. The medal was designed by Bern Dibner
and is named after George Sarton
, the founder of the journal Isis
and one of the founders of modern history of science
.
The Sarton Medalists are:
History of Science Society
The History of Science Society is the primary professional society for the academic study of the history of science.It was founded in 1924 by George Sarton and Lawrence Joseph Henderson, primarily to support the publication of Isis, a journal of the history of science Sarton had started in 1912....
. It has been awarded annually since 1955. It is awarded to an historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
of science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
from the international community who became distinguished for "a lifetime of scholarly achievement" in the field. The medal was designed by Bern Dibner
Bern Dibner
Bern Dibner was an electrical engineer, industrialist, and historian of science and technology.Dibner was born near Kiev, Ukraine in 1897. He moved to the United States with his family at the age of 7. In 1921, he graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn with a degree in Electrical...
and is named after George Sarton
George Sarton
George Sarton was a Belgian chemist and historian who is considered the founder of the discipline of history of science. He left Belgium because of the First World War and settled in the United States where he spent the rest of his life researching and writing about the history of science...
, the founder of the journal Isis
Isis (journal)
Isis is an academic journal published by University of Chicago Press. It focuses on the history of science, history of medicine, and the history of technology, as well as their cultural influences, featuring both original research articles as well as extensive book reviews and review essays.It was...
and one of the founders of modern history of science
History of science
The history of science is the study of the historical development of human understandings of the natural world and the domains of the social sciences....
.
The Sarton Medalists are:
- 1955 - George SartonGeorge SartonGeorge Sarton was a Belgian chemist and historian who is considered the founder of the discipline of history of science. He left Belgium because of the First World War and settled in the United States where he spent the rest of his life researching and writing about the history of science...
- 1956 - Charles SingerCharles SingerCharles Joseph Singer was a British historian of science, technology, and medicine.-Early years:Singer was born in Camberwell in London, where his father Simeon Singer was a minister and Hebraist. He was educated at City of London School, University College London, and Magdalen College, Oxford...
and Dorothea Waley SingerDorothea Waley SingerDorothea Waley Singer, b. Cohen was a historian of science, and the first president of the British Society for the History of Science. She studied at Queen's College, London. She married Charles Singer in 1910, and her first papers were co-authored with her husband... - 1957 - Lynn ThorndikeLynn ThorndikeLynn Thorndike was an American historian of medieval science and alchemy...
- 1958 - John F. Fulton
- 1959 - Richard Shryock
- 1960 - Owsei TemkinOwsei TemkinOwsei Temkin was a Russian-born, German-educated, American medical historian. He served as director of the Institute of the History of Medicine and was the William H. Welch Professor Emeritus of the History of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University...
- 1961 - Alexandre KoyréAlexandre KoyréAlexandre Koyré , sometimes anglicised as Alexander Koiré, was a French philosopher of Russian origin who wrote on the history and philosophy of science.-Life:...
- 1962 - E. J. Dijksterhuis
- 1963 - Vassili Zoubov
- 1964 - NOT AWARDED
- 1965 - J. R. PartingtonJ. R. PartingtonJames Riddick Partington MBE was a British chemist and historian of chemistry.- Life and work :Partington was born in Bolton, Lancashire and was educated at the University of Manchester, where he obtained First Class Honours...
- 1966 - Anneliese MaierAnneliese MaierAnneliese Maier was a German historian of science.- Biography :Anneliese Maier was the daughter of the philosopher Heinrich Maier . She studied natural sciences and philosophy from 1923 to 1926 at the universities in Berlin and Zurich...
- 1967 - NOT AWARDED
- 1968 - Joseph NeedhamJoseph NeedhamNoel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham, CH, FRS, FBA , also known as Li Yuese , was a British scientist, historian and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1941, and as a fellow of the British...
- 1969 - Kurt Vogel
- 1970 - Walter PagelWalter PagelWalter Traugott Ulrich Pagel was a German pathologist and medical historian. Pagel was born in Berlin as the son of Julius Leopold Pagel. He married Dr. Magda Koll in 1920. They had a son, Bernard, in 1930. Pagel made his doctorate in Berlin in 1922, and became professor in Heidelberg in 1931...
- 1971 - Willy HartnerWilly HartnerWilly Hartner was a German scientist and polymath.He studied at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, where he obtained his PhD in physics in 1928 and where he later served as professor from 1940, as ordinary professor [German academic terminology] from 1946.In 1943, he founded the Institute for...
- 1972 - Kiyosi Yabuuti
- 1973 - Henry GuerlacHenry GuerlacHenry Edward Guerlac was an American historian of science. He taught at Cornell University where he was the Goldwin Smith Professor of History and a member of the Department of History....
- 1974 - I. Bernard CohenI. Bernard CohenI. Bernard Cohen 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....
- 1975 - René TatonRené TatonRené Taton , born 4 April 1915 to Scale , who died on 9 August 2004 in Ajaccio 1 , was a historian of science , long co-editor, with Suzanne Delorme , the Journal of history of science .-Career:...
- 1976 - Bern DibnerBern DibnerBern Dibner was an electrical engineer, industrialist, and historian of science and technology.Dibner was born near Kiev, Ukraine in 1897. He moved to the United States with his family at the age of 7. In 1921, he graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn with a degree in Electrical...
- 1977 - Derek T. Whiteside
- 1978 - Adolph Pavlovich Yushkevich
- 1979 - Maria Luisa Righini-Bonelli
- 1980 - Marshall ClagettMarshall ClagettMarshall Clagett was an American scholar who specialized in the history of science before Galileo, especially Archimedes.-Career:...
- 1981 - A. Rupert Hall and Marie Boas HallMarie Boas HallMarie Boas Hall was a historian.She won the George Sarton Medal, the most prestigious award of the History of Science Society, together with her husband Alfred Rupert Hall in 1981.-Works:...
- 1982 - Thomas S. Kuhn
- 1983 - Georges CanguilhemGeorges CanguilhemGeorges Canguilhem was a French philosopher and physician who specialized in epistemology and the philosophy of science .-Life and work:...
- 1984 - Charles Coulston GillispieCharles Coulston GillispieCharles Coulston Gillispie is an American historian of science, and the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History of Science, Emeritus at Princeton University.The son of Raymond Livingston Gillispie, Gillispie grew up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania...
- 1985 - Co-winners: Paolo RossiPaolo RossiPaolo Rossi is an Italian former football striker. In 1982, he led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot/top scorer honors, and the Golden Ball. After his performance at the 1982 FIFA World Cup he became a hero in the hearts of all Italians...
and Richard S. WestfallRichard S. WestfallRichard S. Westfall was an American academic, biographer and historian of science. He is best known for his biography of Isaac Newton and his work on the scientific revolution of the 17th century.-Life:... - 1986 - Ernst MayrErnst MayrErnst Walter Mayr was one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists. He was also a renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, historian of science, and naturalist...
- 1987 - G.E.R. Lloyd
- 1988 - Stillman DrakeStillman DrakeStillman Drake was a Canadian historian of science best known for his work on Galileo Galilei . Drake published over 131 books, articles, and book chapters on Galileo. Drake received his first academic appointment in 1967 as full professor at the University of Toronto after a career as a...
- 1989 - Gerald HoltonGerald HoltonGerald Holton is Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics and Research Professor of the History of Science, Emeritus, at Harvard University.Born 1922 in Berlin, he grew up in Vienna before emigrating in 1938...
- 1990 - A. Hunter DupreeA. Hunter DupreeAnderson Hunter Dupree is a distinguished American historian and one of the pioneer historians of the history of science and technology in the United States.-Early Education and Education:...
- 1991 - Mirko D. Grmek
- 1992 - Edward GrantEdward GrantEdward Grant is an American historian. He was named a Distinguished Professor in 1983. Other honors include the 1992 George Sarton Medal, for "a lifetime scholarly achievement" as an historian of science.-Biography:...
and George A. van Sande - 1993 - John L. HeilbronJohn L. HeilbronJohn Lewis Heilbron, born 17 March 1934, is an American historian of science best known for his work in the history of physics and the history of astronomy...
- 1994 - Allen G. DebusAllen G. DebusAllen George Debus was an American historian of science, known primarily for his work on the history of chemistry and alchemy. In 1991 he was honored at the University of Chicago with an academic conference held in his name. Paul H...
- 1995 - Charles E. RosenbergCharles E. RosenbergCharles E. Rosenberg is an American Professor of the History of Science and the Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences at Harvard University.-Biography:...
- 1996 - Loren GrahamLoren GrahamLoren R. Graham is a noted historian of science, considered the leading scholar on Russian science outside that country....
- 1997 - Betty Jo Teeter DobbsBetty Jo Teeter DobbsBetty Jo Teeter Dobbs was a historian specializing in Isaac Newton's occult studies. Her works include The Foundations of Newtons Alchemy, or the Hunting of the Green Lyon, Alchemical Death and Resurrection, and The Janus Faces of Genius: The Role of Alchemy in Newton's Thought.In 1997 she was...
- 1998 - Thomas L. Hankins
- 1999 - David C. LindbergDavid C. LindbergDavid C. Lindberg is an American historian of science. His main focus is in the history of medieval and early modern science, especially physical science and the relationship between religion and science. Lindberg is the author or editor of many books and received numerous grants and awards...
- 2000 - Frederick L. Holmes
- 2001 - Daniel J. Kevles
- 2002 - John C. Greene
- 2003 - Nancy SiraisiNancy SiraisiNancy G. Siraisi is an American historian of medicine, and Distinguished Professor Emerita in History at Hunter College, and City University of New York. Nancy Siraisi received a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Oxford and a Ph.D. from the City University of New York...
- 2004 - Robert E. Kohler
- 2005 - A. I. SabraA. I. SabraAbdelhamid I. Sabra is a retired professor of the history of science specializing in the history of optics and science in medieval Islam....
- 2006 - Mary Jo NyeMary Jo NyeMary Jo Nye is an American historian of science and retired faculty member of the History Department at Oregon State University.-Career:...
- 2007 - Martin J. S. RudwickMartin J. S. RudwickMartin John Spencer Rudwick is an emeritus professor of History at the University of California, San Diego and an affiliated research scholar at Cambridge University's Department of History and Philosophy of Science. His principal field of study is the history of the earth sciences, for which he...
- 2008 - Ronald L. Numbers
- 2009 - John E. Murdoch
- 2010 - Michael McVaugh