Marshall Clagett
Marshall Clagett | |
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| Born | January 23, 1916 |
| Died | October 21, 2005 (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Historian of science |
| Known for | The Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages; Archimedes in the Middle Ages (5 vols); Ancient Egyptian Science (3 vols) |
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| Thesis | Giovanni Marliani and Late Medieval Physics |
| Doctoral advisor | Lynn Thorndike |
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| Discipline | History of science |
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Marshall Clagett (January 23, 1916, Washington, D.C. – October 21, 2005, Princeton, New Jersey) was an American historian of science who specialized first in medieval science and later in Ancient Egyptian science. John E. Murdoch described him as "a distinguished medievalist" who was "the last member of a triumvirate [with Henry Guerlac and I. Bernard Cohen, who] … established the history of science as a recognized discipline within American universities."