Charles C. Gillispie

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Charles C. Gillispie was an American historian of science known for his influential work on the development of modern science, particularly in France, and for shaping the field through his scholarship and teaching at Princeton University.

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instanceOf American historian
historian of science
person
academicDiscipline history
history of science
citizenship American
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Harvard University
Yale University
employer Princeton University
familyName Gillispie NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork history of French science
history of modern science
history of science
gender male
givenName Charles
hasWrittenOn French Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED
French Revolution and science
Napoleonic science policy
Pierre-Simon Laplace NERFINISHED
influenced field of history of science
study of French scientific institutions
influencedBy Alexandre Koyré NERFINISHED
George Sarton NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainInterest development of modern science
relationship between science and state in France
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
name Charles Coulston Gillispie NERFINISHED
notableFor scholarship on French science and politics
shaping the history of science as an academic discipline in the United States
notableStudent I. Bernard Cohen NERFINISHED
notableWork Genesis and Geology NERFINISHED
Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749–1827 NERFINISHED
Science and Polity in France at the End of the Old Regime NERFINISHED
Science and Polity in France: The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Years NERFINISHED
The Edge of Objectivity NERFINISHED
occupation historian
university professor
positionHeld Dayton-Stockton Professor of History of Science at Princeton University NERFINISHED
Professor of History at Princeton University
taughtAt Princeton University NERFINISHED
workLocation Princeton, New Jersey NERFINISHED

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George Sarton Medal notableRecipient Charles C. Gillispie