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Evelyn Fox Keller

American physicist, author and feminist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1936 to 2023 · aged 87

Evelyn Fox Keller was an American physicist, author, and feminist. She was Professor Emerita of History and Philosophy of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Keller's early work concentrated at the intersection of physics and biology.

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2023Died22 September 20232018Dan David PrizeAward2011John Desmond Bernal PrizeAward2000Guggenheim FellowshipAward1936Born20 March 1936

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Dan David Prize2018
John Desmond Bernal Prize2011
Guggenheim Fellowship2000
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Her subsequent research focused on the history and philosophy of modern biology and on gender and science.

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United States
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Scientists
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Deceased
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Lived 1936 to 2023 · aged 87

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