Dorothy Stimson (October 10, 1890 – September 19, 1988) was an American academic. She served as the dean of Goucher College from 1921 to 1947 and was a professor of history at the college until 1955.
Dorothy Stimson
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Dorothy Stimson, from the 1926 yearbook of Goucher College
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| Acting President of Goucher College | |
| In office June 1930 – January 1930 | |
| Preceded by | Hans Froelicher |
| Succeeded by | David Allan Robertson |
| Dean of Goucher College | |
| In office 1921–1947 | |
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| Born | October 10, 1890 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Died | September 19, 1988 Owls Head, Maine |
| Alma mater | Vassar College (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD) |
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Stimson served as the president of the History of Science Society between 1953 and 1957. Her research included the reception of the Copernican theory. She also edited a collection of papers by George Sarton, considered to be the founder of the discipline of the history of science.[1]
Stimson was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 10, 1890, to Henry Albert Stimson and Alice Wheaton.[2] She was the granddaughter of a former president of Dartmouth College, and a cousin of former United States Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.[3] Stimson graduated from Vassar College in 1912 with a bachelor's degree. She later studied at Columbia University, from which she earned a master's degree in 1913 and doctorate in 1917.[1][4] Her dissertation was titled The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican Theory of the Universe. It was at the suggestion of James Harvey Robinson that Stimson pursued this subject.[5]
Stimson was the dean of women at Goucher College from 1921 until 1947. She also served as a long-time professor of history at Goucher.[1]
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Stimson, Dorothy (1917). The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe. University of California Libraries. Hanover, N.H.