Marie Boas Hall

Marie Boas Hall
Born
Marie Boas

(1919-10-18)October 18, 1919
DiedFebruary 23, 2009(2009-02-23) (aged 89)
Alma materRadcliffe College, AB, chemistry, 1940; Cornell University, PhD, 1949
OccupationHistorian of science
Employer(s)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brandeis University, University of California, Los Angeles, Indiana University, Imperial College London
SpouseAlfred Rupert Hall
RelativesOlder brother, mathematician Ralph P. Boas Jr.
AwardsGeorge Sarton Medal, Fellow of the British Academy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Marie Boas Hall FBA (October 18, 1919 – February 23, 2009) was an American historian of science and is considered one of the postwar period pioneers of the study of the Scientific Revolution during the 16th and 17th centuries.[1]

  1. ^ "Marie Boas Hall: historian of science". The Times. 20 March 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2017.