Gaukroger, Stephen Wallace (1950 - 2023)

Summary

Stephen Gaukroger was one of the world's leading historians of science and philosophy. In each of these fields, he was recognised as one of the most significant figures in Australasia. From 1981 he lectured in philosophy and the history of science at the University of Sydney, becoming Professor of History of Philosophy and History of Science in 2014. He played a key role in the amalgamation of the philosophy departments at the University. Gaukroger was an influential member of a number of societies, holding office as President of the Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and the Australasian Society for the History of Philosophy. He was also Chair of the National Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science of the Australian Academy of Science. Gaukroger published widely: among his most influential books were The emergence of a scientific culture (2006) and Civilization and the culture of science (2020). In 2022 he was awarded the History and Philosophy of Science Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales.

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Chronology

1977

Education - PhD, University of Cambridge

1978 - 1981

Career position - Research Fellow, Department of the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne

1981 - 1999

Career position - Lecturer in philosophy, University of Sydney

1992 - 2023

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Humanities

1993 - 1999

Career position - President, Australasian Society for the History of Philosophy

1994 - 1997

Career position - Chair, National Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science, Australian Academy of Science

1995 - 1997

Career position - President, Australian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science

1999 - 2014

Career position - Professor of History of Philosophy and History of Science, University of Sydney

2001

Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and the humanities in the history and philosophy of science

2002 - 2008

Career position - President, International Society for Intellectual History

2004 - 2015

Career position - ARC Professorial Fellow

2005 - 2019

Career position - Editor, Australasian studies in history and philosophy of science Editor, Australasian studies in history and philosophy of science

2007 - 2013

Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

2007 - 2016

Career position - Corresponding Member, l'Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences

2007 - 2020

Career position - Co-Editor, Intellectual history review

2014 - 2023

Career position - Emeritus Professor of History of Philosophy and History of Science, University of Sydney

2016 - 2023

Award - Fellow, Royal Historical Society

2016 - 2023

Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales

2016 - 2023

Career position - Member, l'Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences

2022

Award - History and Philosophy of Science Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales

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Published resources

Books

• Gaukroger, Stephen, The emergence of a scientific culture: science and the shaping of modernity, 1210-1685 (Oxford: New York: Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 2006), 563 pp. Details
• Gaukroger, Stephen, Civilization and the culture of science: science and the shaping of modernity, 1795-1935 (Oxford: New York: Oxford University Press, 2020), 519 pp. Details

Resources

• The RSNSW History and Philosophy of Science Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 2022. https://www.royalsoc.org.au/awards/history-and-philosophy-of-science-medal. Details

Resource Sections

• Anstey, Peter, 'Stephen Gaukroger FRHistS FRSA FRSN FAHA 1950 - 2023', Australian Academy of the Humanities, 2023. https://humanities.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Stephen-Gaukroger-Obituary-1.pdf. Details