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Edward Grant

American historian (1926-2020) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 94

Edward Grant was an American historian of medieval science. He was a student of Pearl Kibre and Marshall Clagett, and a longtime collaborator with Clagett.

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Awards

George Sarton Medal1992
Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America1982
Guggenheim Fellowship

About this person

He taught at Indiana University for over thirty years beginning in 1959 and co-founded its department of history and philosophy of science and medicine with Norwood Russell Hanson. His honors include the 1992 George Sarton Medal, for "a lifetime scholarly achievement" as a historian of science.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2020 · aged 94