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Thomas Kuhn

Thomas Samuel Kuhn

American historian, physicist and philosopher (1922 – 1996).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Cincinnati
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
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Ohio
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
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United States

Place of Death

Cambridge
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
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United States
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Massachusetts

Country of Citizenship

United States

Date of Birth

7/18/1922

Date of Death

6/17/1996

Instance Of

Human

Award Received

Guggenheim Fellowship
 (1954)
Point in Time
: 1954
John Desmond Bernal Prize
 (1983)
Point in Time
: 1983
George Sarton Medal
 (1982)
Point in Time
: 1982
Honorary Doctor of the University of Padua

Educated At

Harvard University
 ( - 1943)
Academic Degree
:
Bachelor of Science
Academic Major
:
Physics
End Time
: 1943
Harvard University
 ( - 1949)
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Philosophy
Academic Major
:
History of Science
End Time
: 1949
Harvard University
 ( - 1946)
Academic Major
:
Physics
Academic Major
:
Master of Science
End Time
: 1946
Hessian Hills School
 ( - 1937)
End Time
: 1937
Taft School
 ( - 1940)
End Time
: 1940
Harvard University

Occupation

Physicist
Historian of Science
Philosopher of Science
University Teacher

Member Of

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Harvard Society of Fellows
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
International Academy of the History of Science
National Academy of Sciences
 (1979 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Start Time
: 1979
American Philosophical Society
 (1974 - )
Start Time
: 1974

Cause of Death

Lung Cancer

Employer

Princeton University
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California, Berkeley

Given Name

Thomas
Series Ordinal
:1
Samuel
Series Ordinal
:2

Family Name

Kuhn

Residence

Cambridge
 ( - 6/17/1996)
End Time
: 6/17/1996
Cincinnati
Berkeley
Princeton

Notable Work

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Copernican Revolution

Field of Work

Philosophy of Science
Analytic Philosophy
History of Science

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Name in Native Language

Thomas Samuel Kuhn

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Archives At

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries

Spouse

Jehane Barton Burns
Series Ordinal
:2
Kathryn Muhs
Series Ordinal
:1

Described by Source

Thomas S. Kuhn: Revolutionary Theorist of Science
Thomas S. Kuhn as Sociologist of Knowledge
Thomas S. Kuhn

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Contemporary Philosophy

Influenced By

Carl Gustav Hempel
Jean Piaget
Michael Polanyi
Ludwik Fleck

Ethnic Group

Jewish People

Doctoral Advisor

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

Father

Samuel Kuhn
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