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10 Facts About Dorothy Stimson

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Dorothy Stimson served as the dean of Goucher College from 1921 to 1947, and Acting President Jan - May 1930, and was a professor of history at the college until 1955.

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Dorothy Stimson's research included the reception of the Copernican theory.

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Dorothy Stimson edited a collection of papers by George Sarton, considered to be the founder of the discipline of the history of science.

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Dorothy Stimson was born in St Louis, Missouri on October 10,1890, to Henry Albert Dorothy Stimson and Alice Wheaton.

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Dorothy Stimson was the granddaughter of a former president of Dartmouth College, and a cousin of former United States Secretary of War Henry L Stimson.

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Dorothy Stimson graduated from Vassar College in 1912 with a bachelor's degree.

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Dorothy Stimson later studied at Columbia University, from which she earned a master's degree in 1913 and doctorate in 1917.

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Dorothy Stimson's dissertation was titled The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican Theory of the Universe.

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Dorothy Stimson was the dean of women at Goucher College from 1921 until 1947.

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Dorothy Stimson served as a long-time professor of history at Goucher.