Cambridge
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UK
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Cambridge
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UK
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E-mail: michael.hoskin@ntlworld.com
Born London, 27 February 1930.
M.A. (London, 1952), Ph.D. (Cambridge, 1956), in algebraic geometry.
1956–57 Research Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge
1957–59 Lecturer in History of Science, University of Leicester
1959–88 University Lecturer in History of Science, Cambridge University
1975–86 Head of Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University
1965–69 Fellow, Vice-Master and Senior Tutor, St Edmund's House, Cambridge
1969– Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge (Librarian with responsibility for construction of Archives Centre, 1969–75; President, 1981–91)
2002– Emeritus Fellow, St Edmund's College, Cambridge
IAU gave name Hoskin to Minor Planet 12223, 2001
Leroy E. Doggett Prize in history of astronomy, American Astronomical Society, 2004
Honorary Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society, 2007
Archaeological centre at Antequera, Spain, named Centro Solar Michael Hoskin, 2008
Books
William Herschel and the Construction of the Heavens (London and New York, 1963)
Second Thoughts of Thomas Wright of Durham (London, 1968)
The Mind of the Scientist (London and New York, 197l; Korean translation, Seoul, 1971; Japanese translation, Tokyo, 1975; Braille translation, Melbourne, 1975; Chinese translation, 1991; broadcast on BBC1 and BBC2)
Stellar Astronomy: Historical Studies (Chalfont St Giles, 1982)
The General History of Astronomy (general editor: vol. 4, part 1 (Cambridge, 1984); vol. 2, part 1 (1989); vol. 2, part 2 (1995))
Taulas and Talayots (with W. Waldren; Cambridge, 1988)
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Astronomy (Cambridge, 1997; translations into Spanish and Chinese in progress)
The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy (Cambridge, 1999, 2001; translations into Chinese, Korean, Portugese, Italian and Polish published or in progress)
Tombs, Temples and Their Orientations: A New Perspective on Mediterranean Prehistory (Bognor Regis, 2001)
History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2002)
The Herschel Partnership: As viewed by Caroline (Cambridge, 2003)
Caroline Herschel’s Autobiographies (Cambridge, 2003)
The Herschels of Hanover (Cambridge, 2007)
Journals Edited
History of Science (founded by MAH, 1960; joint editor, 1960–70)
Journal for the History of Astronomy (founded by MAH, 1970; editor 1970–present)
Other Activities
President, History of Astronomy Commission of International Astronomical Union, 1979–82; inaugurated "Oxford" meetings on archaeoastronomy.
'Effective' Member, International Academy of History of Science.
Invited Discourse (plenary session) to 1982 General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, in the Roman Odeon at Patras.
Harlow Shapley Memorial Lecture, American Astronomical Society, Houston, 1986.
Voyager II Uranus Symposium (with Carl Sagan), Caltech, 1986.
Roderick Webster Memorial Lecture, American Institute of Archaeology, Chicago, 2001.