Lorraine Daston

Lorraine Daston
Born (1951-06-09) June 9, 1951 (age 73)
East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
EducationPh.D., History of Science, Harvard University

Lorraine Daston (born June 9, 1951) is an American historian of science. She is director emerita of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin,[1] visiting professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago,[2] and an authority on Early Modern European scientific and intellectual history.[1] In 1993, she was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3] She is a permanent fellow at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study.[4]

  1. ^ a b Detschke, Uta (February 2012). "The Observer" (PDF). MaxPlanckResearch: 86–92.
  2. ^ "Lorraine Daston | John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought". socialthought.uchicago.edu. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "Lorraine J. Daston | American Academy of Arts and Sciences". www.amacad.org. October 16, 2024. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  4. ^ Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, "The Permanent Fellows ", Lorraine J. Daston, July 12, 2018