Owen Gingerich
Professor, Author
1930 –
Who is Owen Gingerich?
Owen Jay Gingerich is a former Research Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Harvard University, and a senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. In addition to his research and teaching, he has written many books on the history of astronomy.
Gingerich is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the International Academy of the History of Science. A committed Christian, he has been active in the American Scientific Affiliation, a society of evangelical scientists, and is on the Templeton Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
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- Born
- 1930
Washington - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Goshen College
- Harvard University
- Employment
- Harvard University
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on July 23, 2013
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