George Sarton Medal
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.[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 (philosopher and historian of science) 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 - Frederick L. Holmes
- 2001 - Daniel J. Kevles
- 2002 - John C. 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
See also
References
- 1 2 "The Society: The George Sarton Medal". Retrieved January 24, 2015.
- ↑ Humanitas. Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge: Lorraine Daston.
- ↑ "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.
- History of Science Society, The Sarton Medalists
- 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.
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