Kenneth O. May Prize and Medal in

history of mathematics The history of mathematics deals with the origin of discoveries in mathematics and the History of mathematical notation, mathematical methods and notation of the past. Before the modern age and the worldwide spread of knowledge, written examples ...

is an award of the

International Commission on the History of Mathematics The International Commission on the History of Mathematics was established in 1971 to promote the study of history of mathematics. Kenneth O. May provided its initial impetus. In 1974, its official journal Historia Mathematica began publishing. Ev ...

(ICHM) "for the encouragement and promotion of the history of mathematics internationally". It was established in 1989 and is named in honor of Kenneth O. May, the founder of ICHM. Since then, the award is given every four years, at the ICHM congress.

Kenneth O. May Prize winners

Source: (1989-2005
A Brief History of the Kenneth O. May Prize
*2021:

Sonja Brentjes Sonja Brentjes (born 1951) is a German history of science, historian of science, history of mathematics, historian of mathematics, and historian of cartography known for her work on mapmapking and mathematics in medieval Islam. Education and care ...

and Christine Proust *2017:

Eberhard Knobloch Eberhard Knobloch (born 6 November 1943) is a German historian of science and historian of mathematics, mathematics. Career Knobloch was born in Görlitz. From 1962 to 1967 he studied classics and mathematics at FU Berlin and Technische Uni ...

and Roshdi Rashed *2013: Menso Folkerts and Jens Høyrup *2009:

Ivor Grattan-Guinness Ivor Owen Grattan-Guinness (23 June 1941 – 12 December 2014) was a historian of mathematics and logic. Life Grattan-Guinness was born in Bakewell, England; his father was a mathematics teacher and educational administrator. He gained his ...

and

Radha Charan Gupta Radha Charan Gupta (14 August 1935 – 5 September 2024) was an Indian historian of mathematics, specialising in the history of Indian mathematics. Life and career Gupta was born on 14 August 1935 in Jhansi, in what is now Uttar Pradesh. He ...

BLC Newsletter August 2009
/ref> *2005: Henk J. M. Bos *2001: Ubiratàn D'Ambrosio and Lam Lay Yong *1997: René Taton *1993: Christoph Scriba and Hans Wussing *1989: Dirk Struik and Adolph P. Yushkevich

References

A Brief History of the Kenneth O. May Prize in the History of Mathematics

Mathematics awards History of science awards Awards established in 1989 {{math-hist-stub

Kenneth O. May Prize winners

See also

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