Owen Gingerich
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Owen Gingerich was an American astronomer and historian of science known for his influential research on Copernicus and the history of early modern astronomy.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Owen Gingerich canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historian of science
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Doggett Prize of the American Astronomical Society
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LeRoy E. Doggett Prize for Historical Astronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-03-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-05-28 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Bart J. Bok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Valparaiso University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard University
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Gingerich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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history of astronomy ⓘ history of science ⓘ |
| genre |
history of science literature
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popular science ⓘ |
| givenName | Owen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
history of early modern astronomy
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observational astronomy ⓘ |
| hasHonorificName | asteroid 2658 Gingerich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
Galileo Galilei
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Johannes Kepler NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicolaus Copernicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | historiography of Copernican revolution ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Nicolaus Copernicus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
census of surviving copies of De revolutionibus
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research on Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ study of early modern astronomy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Astronomical Society
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International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
bridged astronomy, history, and theology in public lectures and writings
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demonstrated that many early owners of De revolutionibus read and annotated their copies ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Annotated Census of Copernicus’ De revolutionibus
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God’s Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ The Book Nobody Read NERFINISHED ⓘ The Eye of Heaven: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Washington, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Harvard University
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Senior Astronomer Emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
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