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William Whewell
~Born in Lancaster, United Kingdom on May 24, 1794
~Died in Cambridge, United Kingdom on March 6, 1866 -
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~was Vice-Chancellor of Trinity University in 1842 and 1855
~played a large role in establishing the Natural and Moral Sciences Triposes at the University in 1848
~Cornelia (his first wife) died in 1855
~he remarried to Lady Affleck in 1855 and she died in 1865
~Whewell died by being thrown off of his horse on March 6, 1866 -
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Biography
~eldest child of a master carpenter
~started at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1812
~won the Chancellor's prize for his epic poem "Boadicea" in 1814
~awarded second Wrangler and second Smith's Prize at Cambridge in 1816
~elected to the Royal Society in 1820
~ordained a priest (as required for Trinity Fellows) in 1825
~was the Chair in Mineralogy from 1828-1832
~became Professor of Moral Philosophy in 1838
~married Cordelia Marshall on October 12, 1841
~named Master of Trinity College in 1841 -
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William Whewell's "Most Known For's" cont.
~provided a systematic and broad-ranged study of the tides and attempted to establish a general scientific theory of tidal phenomena -
Inductive Science
~Whewell is best known for his book "History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Time, 3 vol" published in 1837 -
Inductive Science
~listen to Episode 4.2 Hypothetically Speaking
~ https://thescientificodyssey.typepad.com/my-blog/page/2/
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William Whewell's "Most Known For's"
~"The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded Upon Their History" published in 1840 (which was later expanded into the 3 following books)
~"History of Scientific Ideas" 2 vol, published in 1858
~"Novum Organon Renovatum", published in 1858
~"On the Philosophy of Discovery", published in 1860
~was also known as a "wordsmith" helping other philosophers and researchers create words such as: "anode", "cathode", "ion", and even came up with the word "scientist" -
Works Cited
Davies, Chad. “Episode 4.2: Hypothetically Speaking.” The Scientific Odyssey, August 3, 2003. https://thescientificodyssey.typepad.com/my-blog/page/2/. Ducheyne, Steffen. “Whewell’s Tidal Researches: Scientific Practise and Philosophical Methodology.” PhilSci-Archive, August 13, 2009. http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/4847/1/WHEWELL_TIDES_SHPS_-_REVISED_VERSION_13_August_2009.pdf. -
Works Cited cont.
Snyder, Laura J. “William Whewell.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University, September 22, 2017. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/whewell/. “William Whewell.” Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., May 20, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Whewell.