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 a historian of science from the international community who became distinguished for "a lifetime of scholarly achievement" in the field.
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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.[1]
The Sarton Medalists are:[1]
- 1955 – George Sarton
- 1956 – Charles Singer and Dorothea Waley Singer
- 1957 – Lynn Thorndike
- 1958 – John Farquhar 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 – Adolph Pavlovich Yushkevich
- 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 – Co-winners: Paolo Rossi and Richard S. Westfall
- 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 and George A. van Sande
- 1993 – John L. Heilbron
- 1994 – Allen G. Debus
- 1995 – Charles E. Rosenberg
- 1996 – Loren Graham
- 1997 – Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs
- 1998 – Thomas L. Hankins
- 1999 – David C. Lindberg
- 2000 – Frederic L. Holmes
- 2001 – Daniel J. Kevles
- 2002 – John Colton Greene
- 2003 – Nancy Siraisi
- 2004 – Robert E. Kohler
- 2005 – A. I. Sabra
- 2006 – Mary Jo Nye
- 2007 – Martin J. S. Rudwick
- 2008 – Ronald L. Numbers
- 2009 – John E. Murdoch
- 2010 – Michael McVaugh
- 2011 – Robert J. Richards
- 2012 – Lorraine Daston[2]
- 2013 – Simon Schaffer
- 2014 – Steven Shapin
- 2015 – Robert Fox[3]
- 2016 – Katharine Park
- 2017 – Garland E. Allen
- 2018 – Sally Gregory Kohlstedt
- 2019 – M. Norton Wise
- 2020 – Jim Bennett
- 2021 – Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
- 2022 – Margaret W. Rossiter
- 2023 – Theodore Porter[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "The Society: The George Sarton Medal". Archived from the original on February 20, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
- ^ "Humanitas. Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge: Lorraine Daston". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ^ "Robert Fox Awarded the History of Science Society's Sarton Medal". Chemical Heritage Foundation. November 24, 2015. Archived from the original on July 12, 2016.
- ^ "Theodore Porter honored with the 2023 Sarton Medal". Princeton University Press. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
External links
edit- Sarton Medal webpage from the History of Science Society
- History of Science Society, The Sarton Medalists Archived 2015-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
- History of Science Society. "2007 Award Winners". Archived from the original on 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- History of Science Society. "2008 Award Winners". Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2008-11-26.