Giorgio de Santillana
Philosopher, Author
1902 – 1974
Who was Giorgio de Santillana?
Giorgio Diaz de Santillana was an Italian-American philosopher of science and historian of science, and professor at MIT. He moved to the United States in 1936 and became a naturalized US citizen in 1945. In 1948, he married. In 1941 he commenced his academic career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, becoming an Assistant Professor the following year. From 1943 to 1945 he served in the United States Army as a war correspondent. Following the war, in 1945 he returned to MIT and was made an Associate Professor in 1948 and a full Professor of the History of Science in the School of Humanities in 1954. In 1969, he published a book entitled: Hamlet's Mill, An Essay on Myth and the Frame of Time with Dr. Hertha von Dechend. This book focussed upon the understanding of the connection between the mythological stories of Pharaonic Egypt, Babylon, Greece, Christianity, etc. and the ancient observations pertaining to the stars, planets and, most notably, the 26,000 year precession of the equinoxes.
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- Born
- May 30, 1902
Rome - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- PhD, University of Rome La Sapienza
Physics
( - 1925)
- Lived in
- Beverly
( - 1974/06/08)
- Beverly
- Died
- Jun 8, 1974
Beverly
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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