Ursula Franklin

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Holocaust survivor Order of Canada officer Order of Ontario member academic author feminist metallurgist pacifist physicist

Ursula Franklin was a German-Canadian physicist, metallurgist, and pacifist renowned for her pioneering work in materials science and her influential writings on technology, peace, and social justice.

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Ursula Martius Franklin 1

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instanceOf Holocaust survivor ⓘ
Order of Canada officer ⓘ
Order of Ontario member ⓘ
academic ⓘ
author ⓘ
feminist ⓘ
metallurgist ⓘ
pacifist ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in experimental physics ⓘ
awardReceived Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case ⓘ
Order of Ontario ⓘ
Pearson Medal of Peace (eponym) ⓘ
surface form: Pearson Medal of Peace

Sir John William Dawson Medal ⓘ
Wiegand Award ⓘ
birthName Ursula Maria Martius ⓘ
citizenship Canada ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
countryOfBirth Germany ⓘ
countryOfDeath Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1921-09-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2016-07-22 ⓘ
educatedAt Technical University of Berlin ⓘ
employer University of Toronto ⓘ
familyName Franklin ⓘ
fieldOfWork history and philosophy of technology ⓘ
materials science ⓘ
metallurgy ⓘ
peace studies ⓘ
physics ⓘ
givenName Ursula ⓘ
hasAcademicChairNamedAfter Ursula Franklin Chair in the Humanities at the University of Toronto ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Companion of the Order of Canada (C.C.)

Dr. ⓘ
Order of Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Order of Ontario (O.Ont.)
hasSchoolNamedAfter Ursula Franklin Academy in Toronto ⓘ
influenced Canadian peace activism ⓘ
scholarship on technology and society ⓘ
influencedBy Quaker pacifist thought ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for peace and disarmament ⓘ
critical analysis of technology and its social impacts ⓘ
pioneering work in materials science ⓘ
work on social justice and human rights ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
mainInterest feminism ⓘ
peace and disarmament ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
technology and society ⓘ
movement feminist movement ⓘ
peace movement ⓘ
name Ursula Franklin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ursula Martius Franklin
notableIdea distinction between prescriptive and holistic technologies ⓘ
notableWork The Real World of Technology ⓘ
The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism as a Map ⓘ
Ursula Franklin Speaks: Thoughts and Afterthoughts ⓘ
participatedIn Canadian peace and disarmament initiatives ⓘ
campaigns against nuclear weapons testing ⓘ
placeOfBirth Munich ⓘ
surface form: Munich, Germany
placeOfDeath Toronto ⓘ
surface form: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
positionHeld Professor of Metallurgy and Materials Science at the University of Toronto ⓘ
University Professor at the University of Toronto ⓘ
religion Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
surface form: Quakerism
residence Toronto ⓘ
surface form: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
spouse Fred Franklin ⓘ
workInstitution University of Toronto ⓘ

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