Marshall Clagett

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1916 – 2005

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Who was Marshall Clagett?

Marshall Clagett was an American historian of science who specialized in medieval science. John Murdoch describes 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" while Edward Grant ranks him "among the greatest historians and scholars of the twentieth century."

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Born
Jan 23, 1916
Washington, D.C.
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • George Washington University
  • California Institute of Technology
  • PhD, Columbia University
    History
    ( - 1941)
Lived in
  • Princeton
    ( - 2005/10/21)
Died
Oct 21, 2005
Princeton

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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