Westfall, Richard S.
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Name (Latin)
Westfall, Richard S.
Other forms of name
Westfall, Richard Samuel
Date of birth
1924-04-22
Date of death
1996-08-21
Field of activity
Science--History
Occupation
College teachers
Historians of science
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 4-22-24
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- Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 4-22-24)
- Richard Samuel Westfall, authority on the scientific revolution ( (New York Times obituary, Sept. 1, 1996) )
- Richard S. Westfall, American academic, biographer and historian of science; born 22 April 1924 at Fort Collins, Colorado; died 21 August 1996 in Bloomington, Ind.; Ph.D. from Yale University; taught at California Institute of Technology (1952-53), State University of Iowa (1953-57), Grinnell College (1957-63), and Indiana University from 1963 to 1989 ( (Wikipedia, viewed April 4, 2019) )
- His Science and religion in seventeenth-century England.
- Register : Indiana Univ. academic, admin. and prof. appointees, 1986-87(Westfall, Richard Samuel; Dist. prof. of hist. & philo. of sci., and prof. of hist.; Ph.D. 1955)
- New York times, 09/01/96:obituaries (Richard Westfall; dies at 72; wrote biography of Newton; d. 08/21/96 at Bloomington Hospital in Bloomington, Ind.)
Wikipedia description:
Richard S. Westfall (April 22, 1924 – August 21, 1996) 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.
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