I. Bernard Cohen
American historian of science (1914-2003) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
I. Bernard Cohen was an American historian of science. He taught at Harvard University for 60 years, 1942-2002, becoming the first chair of its Department of the History of Science when it was established in 1966.
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He mentored notable students including George Basalla, Lorraine Daston, Joan L. Richards and Allen G. Debus. He was the author of many books on the history of science and, in particular, on Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, and Howard H. Aiken. He made a full English translation of Newton's Principia Mathematica and was the second chief editor of the history of science journal Isis.
