| David Lindberg | |
| Birth Date: | 15 November 1935 |
| Education: | Northwestern University (BS) Indiana University (PhD) |
| Thesis Title: | John Pecham and the Science of Optics: Perspectiva communis |
| Thesis Url: | https://books.google.com/books/about/John_Pecham_and_the_Science_of_Optics.html?id=UVJaAAAACAAJ |
| Thesis Year: | 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Awards: | George Sarton Medal (1999) |
| Discipline: | History and philosophy of science |
| Workplaces: | University of Michigan University of Wisconsin–Madison Institute for Advanced Study |
David Charles Lindberg (November 15, 1935 – January 6, 2015) was an American historian of science. His main focus was in the history of medieval and early modern science, especially physical science and the relationship between religion and science. Lindberg was the author or editor of many books and received numerous grants and awards. He also served as president of the History of Science Society and in 1999 was the recipient of its Sarton medal.[1]
Lindberg was born on November 15, 1935, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[2] He would go on to obtain a degree in physics from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in history and philosophy of science from Indiana University.
Lindberg was the Hilldale Professor Emeritus of History of Science and past director of the Institute for Research in the Humanities, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Lindberg was the author or editor of more than a dozen books, received grants and awards from organizations that included the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, the History of Science Society, the Medieval Academy of America, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. With Ronald Numbers, he co-edited two anthologies on the relationship between religion and science. Also with Numbers, Lindberg was general editor of the eight-volume Cambridge History of Science and with Michael Shank editor of its volume on medieval science. He served as president of the History of Science Society and was awarded its highest prize for lifetime scholarly achievement: the Sarton medal.