Marshall Clagett

Marshall Clagett (* 1916 in Washington, DC; † October 21, 2005 in Princeton, New Jersey ) was a specialist on Archimedesforschung American historian of science.

Life

Marshall Clagett studied at the California Institute of Technology and at the George Washington University, where he graduated in 1937. In 1941 he received his doctorate and taught at Columbia University. From 1941 to 1946 he served in the U.S. Navy, which he left with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

After military service, he returned to Columbia University and taught history and history of science. In 1947 he moved to the University of Wisconsin, where he was appointed in 1954 as Professor of the History of Science. From 1959 to 1964 he directed the university's own Institute for Research in the Humanities. In 1964 he finally moved to Princeton, where he taught until his retirement in 1986 as professor in the Department of Historical Studies. Clagett was awarded the 1980 George Sarton Medal -.

Clagetts research concentrated on two areas:

For one, he was one of the most prestigious Archimedesforscher. In particular, the study of the Archimedesrezeption in the Middle Ages was close to his heart. So his main scientific work Clagetts was also the five-volume " Archimedes in the Middle Ages", the first volume appeared in 1964, the last only 20 years later, in 1984. Performance consisted above all in the afterlife and reception Archimedes ' from antiquity through to pursue the Byzantine Empire and the European Middle ages to the Renaissance.

The second focus of the work was the history of science of ancient Egypt. Here he published since 1989 applied to four volumes of the series " Ancient Egyptian Science: A Source Book ". On the fourth and last volume, he worked at the time of his death.

He also dealt with the medieval tradition of the Elements of Euclid and distinguished himself as one of the first on the first translator into Latin Adelard of Bath, three versions.

Works

  • Greek Science in Antiquity in 1955, Dover Press: 2000
  • Archimedes in the Middle Ages, 5 volumes, 1964-1984 ( Volume 1, Madison, Wisconsin 1964)
  • Ancient Egyptian Science, 3 volumes, 1989 -
  • The Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages, Madison, Wisconsin 1959
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