Dorothy Stimson

Dorothy Stimson (born 1890 in St. Louis, Missouri – September 1988 in Owls Head, Maine^[1]) was an American historian of science. She served as Dean of Goucher College from 1921-1947 and was a professor of history at Goucher from 1921-1955. Stimson served as the president of the History of Science Society during 1953-1957. Her research interest included the reception of the Copernican theory. She also edited a collection of papers by George Sarton, considered to be the founder of the discipline of history of science.

Early life and education

Stimson graduated from Vassar College in 1912 with a bachelor's degree. She earned her master's degree a year later and then obtained a PhD in 1917, both from Columbia University.^[2] In 1929, Dr. Stimson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for British History.

Works

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The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican Theory of the Universe. at Wikisource.
'The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe', 1917 at Commons.
- at Project Gutenberg
- at the Internet Archive

References

↑ nytimes.com, September 24, 1988: Dorothy Stimson, 97, Former Goucher Dean
↑ "SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES, Dorothy Stimson Papers" (PDF). Goucher College. Retrieved 2011-04-03.

External links

Guide to the Dorothy Stimson Papers at the Goucher College Library
Dorothy Stimson Hall
Works by Dorothy Stimson at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Dorothy Stimson at Internet Archive

Presidents of the History of Science Society

1924–1949	Lawrence Joseph Henderson (1924–1925) James Henry Breasted (1926) David Eugene Smith (1927) Edgar Fahs Smith (1928) Lynn Thorndike (1929) Henry Crew (1930) William H. Welch (1931) Berthold Laufer (1932) J. Playfair McMurrich (1933) Harvey Williams Cushing (1934) Charles Albert Browne, Jr. (1935–1936) Chauncey D. Leake (1937–1938) Henry E. Sigerist (1939) Richard H. Shryock (1940–1942) Louis Charles Karpinski (1943–1944) Isaiah Bowman (1944) Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1945–1946) John Farquhar Fulton (1947–1950)

1950–1999	Harcourt Brown (1951–1952) Dorothy Stimson (1953–1956) Henry Guerlac (1957–1960) I. Bernard Cohen (1961–1962) Marshall Clagett (1963–1964) Charles Coulston Gillispie (1965–1966) C. D. O'Malley (1967–1968) Thomas Kuhn (1969–1970) Lynn Townsend White, Jr. (1971–1972) Erwin N. Hiebert (1973–1974) John C. Greene (1975–1976) Richard S. Westfall (1977-1978) Robert P. Multhauf (1979–1980) Frederic L. Holmes (1981–1982) Gerald Holton (1983–1984) Edward Grant (1985–1986) William Coleman (1987) Mary Jo Nye (1988–1989) Stephen G. Brush (1990–1991) Sally Gregory Kohlstedt (1992–1993) David C. Lindberg (1994–1995) Frederick Gregory (1996–1997) Albert Van Helden (1998–1999)

2000–present	Ronald Numbers (2000–2001) John Servos (2002–2003) Michael Sokal (2004–2005) Joan Cadden (2006–2007) Jane Maienschein (2008–2009) Paul Lawrence Farber (2010–2011) Lynn K. Nyhart (2012–2013) Angela N. H. Creager (2014–2015) Janet Browne (2016-2017)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 48182108 LCCN: n84805326 ISNI: 0000 0001 1491 3941 SUDOC: 132767805 NLA: 35525575

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