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{{short description|American historian}}
'''William Eamon''' (born June 5, 1946) is Distinguished Achievement Professor, Regents Professor of History, and Dean of the [http://honors.nmsu.edu Honors College] at [http://www.nmsu.edu New Mexico State University]. He is a specialist in the history of science and has published widely on various aspects of medieval and early modern science, medicine, and technology. His research focuses primarily on the history science and medicine in early modern Italy and Spain. His most influential work is on the history of the "books of secrets" tradition in medieval and early modern culture. His work has also looked at the history of magic and the occult sciences, the history of alchemy, and science and popular culture in early modern Europe.


'''William Eamon''' (born June 5, 1946) is distinguished Achievement Professor, Regents Professor of History, and Dean of the [[Honors College]] at [[New Mexico State University]]. He is a specialist in the history of science and has published on various aspects of medieval and early modern science, medicine, and technology. His research focuses primarily on the history science and medicine in early modern Italy and Spain. His most influential work is on the history of the "books of secrets" tradition in medieval and early modern culture.
== Biography ==


His work has also looked at the history of magic and the occult sciences, the history of alchemy, and science and popular culture in early modern Europe.<ref name="NMSU">{{Cite news |url=http://history.nmsu.edu/people/faculty/eamon/ |title=William Eamon |publisher=nmsu.edu |accessdate=November 4, 2016}}</ref> As an author, he has been largely collected by libraries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82146823/ |title=Eamon, William |publisher=worldcat.org |accessdate=November 4, 2016}}</ref>
Eamon was born in Williston, ND and raised in Medicine Lake, MT, a small farming community in northeastern Montana. He studied history at the [http://www.umt.edu University of Montana], where he received his BA (1968) and MA (1970). He completed his PhD in history of science from the [[University of Kansas]] (1977), where he studied with the distinguished medievalist and historian of botany Jerry Stannard. After a year as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Miami, he joined the Department of History at New Mexico State University in 1976, and served as the department chair for three years. He became Director of the University Honors Program in 1995 and led the creation of the Honors College at New Mexico State University, which he currently serves as Dean. He has lived and conducted research for extended periods in Wurzburg, Florence, Venice, and Valencia.


== Biography ==
Eamon has received numerous grants and fellowships for his research, including research grants from the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]], the [[National Science Foundation]], the [[Renaissance Society of America]], the [[American Philosophical Society]], and the [[American Council of Learned Societies]]. He was a Fulbright Fellow in Germany, a [[Villa I Tatti]] Fellow at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Florence), and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the [[Institute for Research in the Humanities]] at the University of Wisconsin. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Wurzburg (Germany) and the University of Valencia.
He studied history at the [[University of Montana]], where he received his BA (1968) and MA (1970). He completed his PhD in history of science from the [[University of Kansas]] (1977), where he studied with the distinguished medievalist and historian of botany Jerry Stannard. After a year as a visiting assistant professor at the [[University of Miami]], he joined the Department of History at [[New Mexico State University]] in 1976 and served as the department chair for three years. He became director of the University Honors Program in 1995 and led the creation of the Honors College at [[New Mexico State University]], which he currently serves as Dean.<ref name="NMSU"/>


Eamon was a [[Fulbright Fellow]] in [[Germany]], a [[Villa I Tatti]] Fellow at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Florence), and a Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the [[University of Wisconsin]]. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Wurzburg (Germany) and the [[University of Valencia]].<ref name="NMSU"/>
== Professional Experience ==


== Professional Experience ==
2005 Dean, Honors College, New Mexico State University<br />
2005 Dean, Honors College, New Mexico State University<br />
2012 Distinguished Achievement Professor, New Mexico State University<br />
2012 Distinguished Achievement Professor, New Mexico State University<br />
2004 Regents Professor, New Mexico State University<br />
2004 Regents Professor, New Mexico State University<br />
2004 Visiting Professor, University of Valencia (Spain)<br />
2004 Visiting Professor, University of Valencia (Spain)<br />
1994 Professor of History, New Mexico State University<br />
1994 Professor of History, New Mexico State University<br />
1994-95 Villa I Tatti Fellow, Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Florence, Italy<br />
1994-95 Villa I Tatti Fellow, Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Florence, Italy<br />
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1981-82 Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Fellow, History of Science, Harvard University<br />
1981-82 Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Fellow, History of Science, Harvard University<br />
1976-81 Assistant Professor of History, New Mexico State University<br />
1976-81 Assistant Professor of History, New Mexico State University<br />
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1973-74 Visiting Instructor of History, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

==Honors and awards==
2004 S.P. and Margaret Manasse Research Chair, New Mexico State University.<ref name="NMSU"/>


==Selected publications==
== Honors and Awards ==
* ''The Professor of Secrets: Mystery, Medicine, and Alchemy in Renaissance Italy'' (Washington: 2010)
* ''Beyond the Black Legend: Spain and the Scientific Revolution / Mas allá de la Leyenda Negra: España y la Revolución Científica'', ed. Victor Navarro Brotòns and William Eamon (Valencia: 2007)
* ''Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture'' (Princeton: 1994). Nominated for Pulitzer Prize; winner of the Association of American Publishers's History Book Award
* ''La Scienza e i segreti della natura: I ‘libri di segreti’ nella cultura medievale e moderna'' (Italian translation of Science and the Secrets of Nature; Genova: 1999)
* Co-editor, ''Culturhistorische Caleidoscoop'' (Gent: 1992)


==References==
2007 University Research Council Award for Exceptional Achievement in Creative Scholarly Activity, New Mexico State University<br />
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2004 S.P. and Margaret Manasse Research Chair,New Mexico State University<br />
2005 25th Annual Church Memorial Lecturer, Brown University<br />
2004 Klaus Jankofsky Lecturer in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of Minnesota, Duluth<br />
1985 Jack Williamson Lecturer, Eastern New Mexico University


== Selected Publications ==
== External links ==
William Eamon's blog, [http://williameamon.com/?page_id=8 "Labyrinth of Nature"]


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''The Professor of Secrets: Mystery, Medicine, and Alchemy in Renaissance Italy'' (Washington: 2010)<br />
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''Beyond the Black Legend: Spain and the Scientific Revolution / Mas allá de la Leyenda Negra: España y la Revolución Científica'', ed. Victor Navarro Brotòns and William Eamon (Valencia: 2007)<br />
[[Category:University of Kansas alumni]]
''Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture'' (Princeton: 1994). Nominated for Pulitzer Prize; winner of the Association of American Publishers’s History Book Award<br />
[[Category:University of Miami faculty]]
''La Scienza e i segreti della natura: I ‘libri di segreti’ nella cultura medievale e moderna'' (Italian translation of Science and the Secrets of Nature; Genova: 1999)
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Valencia]]
Co-editor, ''Culturhistorische Caleidoscoop'' (Gent: 1992)
[[Category:21st-century American historians]]
[[Category:American male non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:American science writers]]
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[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:Historians from Florida]]
[[Category:21st-century American male writers]]
[[Category:University of Montana alumni]]

Latest revision as of 14:51, 11 December 2024

William Eamon (born June 5, 1946) is distinguished Achievement Professor, Regents Professor of History, and Dean of the Honors College at New Mexico State University. He is a specialist in the history of science and has published on various aspects of medieval and early modern science, medicine, and technology. His research focuses primarily on the history science and medicine in early modern Italy and Spain. His most influential work is on the history of the "books of secrets" tradition in medieval and early modern culture.

His work has also looked at the history of magic and the occult sciences, the history of alchemy, and science and popular culture in early modern Europe.[1] As an author, he has been largely collected by libraries.[2]

Biography

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He studied history at the University of Montana, where he received his BA (1968) and MA (1970). He completed his PhD in history of science from the University of Kansas (1977), where he studied with the distinguished medievalist and historian of botany Jerry Stannard. After a year as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Miami, he joined the Department of History at New Mexico State University in 1976 and served as the department chair for three years. He became director of the University Honors Program in 1995 and led the creation of the Honors College at New Mexico State University, which he currently serves as Dean.[1]

Eamon was a Fulbright Fellow in Germany, a Villa I Tatti Fellow at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Florence), and a Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Wurzburg (Germany) and the University of Valencia.[1]

Professional Experience

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2005 Dean, Honors College, New Mexico State University
2012 Distinguished Achievement Professor, New Mexico State University
2004 Regents Professor, New Mexico State University
2004 Visiting Professor, University of Valencia (Spain)
1994 Professor of History, New Mexico State University
1994-95 Villa I Tatti Fellow, Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Florence, Italy
1991-95 Head, Department of History, New Mexico State University
1986-87 Guest Professor, Institute for the History of Medicine, University of Würzburg, Germany
1985-86 Fellow, Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin
1981-82 Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Fellow, History of Science, Harvard University
1976-81 Assistant Professor of History, New Mexico State University
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Honors and awards

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2004 S.P. and Margaret Manasse Research Chair, New Mexico State University.[1]

Selected publications

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  • The Professor of Secrets: Mystery, Medicine, and Alchemy in Renaissance Italy (Washington: 2010)
  • Beyond the Black Legend: Spain and the Scientific Revolution / Mas allá de la Leyenda Negra: España y la Revolución Científica, ed. Victor Navarro Brotòns and William Eamon (Valencia: 2007)
  • Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture (Princeton: 1994). Nominated for Pulitzer Prize; winner of the Association of American Publishers's History Book Award
  • La Scienza e i segreti della natura: I ‘libri di segreti’ nella cultura medievale e moderna (Italian translation of Science and the Secrets of Nature; Genova: 1999)
  • Co-editor, Culturhistorische Caleidoscoop (Gent: 1992)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "William Eamon". nmsu.edu. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Eamon, William". worldcat.org. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
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William Eamon's blog, "Labyrinth of Nature"