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.[1]
The Sarton Medalists are:[1]
- 1955 - George Sarton
- 1956 - Charles Singer 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 - 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 - 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
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b "The Society: The George Sarton Medal". http://www.hssonline.org/about/society_sarton.html. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
[edit] References
- History of Science Society, The Sarton Medalists
- History of Science Society. "2007 Award Winners". http://www.hssonline.org/about/society_awards2007.html. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- History of Science Society. "2008 Award Winners". http://www.hssonline.org/about/society_awards2008.html. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
