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I. Bernard Cohen

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American historian of science (1914-2003)

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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. He mentored notable students including George Basalla, Lorraine Daston, Joan L. Richards and Allen G.

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1986Pfizer Award
1974George Sarton Medal
Guggenheim Fellowship
Harvard Centennial Medal

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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. 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.

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Lived 1914 to 2003 · aged 89
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