# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-s-westfall
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:43:04.716Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-s-westfall"
name: "Richard S. Westfall"
slug: "richard-s-westfall"
description: "Richard S. Westfall was an American historian of science. He is best known for his biography of Isaac Newton, Never at Rest (1980), and for his study of the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century. He taught as distinguished professor at Indiana University and served as a president of the History of Science Society. He won the 1985 George Sarton Medal for lifetime achievement in the history of science after winning the 1982 Leo Gershoy Award and 1983 Pfizer Award for Never at Rest."
tagline: "American historian of science (1924–1996)"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-04-22"
deathDate: "1996-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0.5204460966542751
  historical:           8.076854666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump