Dorothy Ross (historian)
Dorothy Ross | |
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Born | |
Spouse(s) | Stanford G. Ross |
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Doctoral advisor | Richard Hofstadter |
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Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | History of science |
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Dorothy Ross (born 1936) is an American historian and Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. She attended Smith College and Columbia University and taught at Hunter College before Johns Hopkins. Her books include the G. Stanley Hall: The Psychologist as Prophet (1972) and The Origins of American Social Science (1991).[1] The Society for U.S. Intellectual History named the Dorothy Ross Prize after Ross to honor her work in the history of psychology and modern social science.[2]
She was married to Stanford G. Ross for sixty-two years before he died.[3] She has two children and two grandchildren.[3]
References[]
- ^ Scanlon, Jennifer; Cosner, Shaaron (1996). American Women Historians, 1700s–1990s: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 189–190. ISBN 978-0-313-29664-2.
- ^ "S-USIH PRIZES | Society for US Intellectual History". Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "STANFORD ROSS Obituary (2020) - N.E Washington, DC, DC - The Washington Post". www.legacy.com. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
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- American historians
- Johns Hopkins University faculty
- Hunter College faculty
- Smith College alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- Historians of science
- Living people
- 1936 births
- American women historians
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