Community of Scholars Profile

Price, Derek de Solla

Information in this profile has been submitted by the individual or is based on Institute records, including the publication A Community of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study 1930-1980.

Data from Institute records

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Visits to IAS

TypeAffiliationStart DateEnd Date
[M]HistSt1/1/195812/31/1958

Year of Death: 1983

Field of Study while at IAS: History of Science

Past and Other Appointments

AppointmentOrganizationStart YearEnd Year
US/USSR Task Group Forecasting Sci and Tech Info1974
President's Sci Adv Council19701971
Jt Working Cttee UNESCO & International Union for Hist & Philos of Sci, Developing Countries 19691970

Degrees

DegreeYearInstitution
Ph.D.1946University of London
Ph.D.1954Cambridge University

Honors

DescriptionYear
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science1977
Leonardo da Vinci Medal Soc for Hist of Technology1976
MA(hc) Yale University1960