Abbott Payson Usher
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Abbott Payson Usher (1883 – June 18, 1965)[1] was an American economic historian. The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) has awarded the Abbot Payson Usher Prize, named in his honor, annually since 1961.[2]
In the late 1920s Usher, the American historian Lewis Mumford and the Swiss art historian Sigfried Giedion began to systematically investigate the social consequences of technology.[3] In A History of Mechanical Inventions Usher argued that technological innovation was a slow, collective process with many contributors, not relying on the genius of great inventors.[4]
In 1963 Usher was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci Medal by the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT). His daughter Miriam Usher Chrisman was a noted historian of the German Reformation.[5]
He earned his BA and PhD at Harvard University.[6]
Publications
- The History of the Grain Trade in France, 1400–1710. Harvard University Press. 1913. ISBN 0-374-98063-2.
- An introduction to the industrial history of England. Houghton Mifflin. 1920.
- A History of Mechanical Invention. McGraw-Hill. 1929. (Harvard University Press, 1954; Dover Publications, 1988 ISBN 0-486-25593-X)
- The early history of deposit banking in Mediterranean Europe. Harvard Economic Studies. Vol. 75. Harvard University Press. 1943.
References
- ^ Smith, Thomas M. (Autumn 1965). "Memorial: Abbott Payson Usher (1883-1965)". Technology and Culture. 6 (4): 630–632.
- ^ "The Usher Prize". Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
- ^ Cutcliffe, Stephen H. (1989). In Context History and the History of Technology: Essays in honor of Melvin Kranzberg. Lehigh University Press. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-0-934223-03-4.
- ^ Molella, Arthur P. (October 2005). Technology and Culture. 46 (4): 779–796. doi:10.1353/tech.2006.0027. S2CID 144217545.
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - ^ "Miriam Chrisman Papers". UMass Special Collections. University of Massachusetts. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Usher, Abbott P. | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
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- 1962: Robert James Forbes
- 1963: Abbott Payson Usher
- 1964: Lynn T. White, Jr.
- 1965: Maurice Daumas
- 1966: Cyril Stanley Smith
- 1967: Melvin Kranzberg
- 1968: Joseph Needham
- 1969: Lewis Mumford
- 1970: Bertrand Gille
- 1971: A. G. Drachmann
- 1972: Ladislao Reti
- 1973: Carl W. Condit
- 1974: Bern Dibner
- 1975: Friedrich Klemm
- 1976: Derek J. de Solla Price
- 1977: Eugene S. Ferguson
- 1978: Torsten Althin
- 1979: John U. Nef
- 1980: John Bell Rae
- 1981: Donald S. L. Cardwell
- 1982 not awarded
- 1983: Louis C. Hunter
- 1984: Brooke Hindle
- 1985: Thomas P. Hughes
- 1986: Hugh G. J. Aitken
- 1987: Robert P. Multhauf
- 1988: Sidney M. Edelstein
- 1989: R. Angus Buchanan
- 1990: Edwin T. Layton, Jr.
- 1991: Carroll W. Pursell
- 1992: Otto Mayr
- 1993: W. David Lewis
- 1994: Merritt Roe Smith
- 1995: Bruce Sinclair
- 1996: Nathan Rosenberg
- 1997: Ruth Schwartz Cowan
- 1998: Walter G. Vincenti
- 1999 not awarded
- 2000: Silvio A. Bedini
- 2001: Robert C. Post
- 2002: Leo Marx
- 2003: Bart Hacker
- 2004: David Landes
- 2005: David E. Nye
- 2006: Eric H. Robinson
- 2007: David A. Hounshell
- 2008: Joel A. Tarr
- 2009: Susan J. Douglas
- 2010: Svante Lindqvist
- 2011: John M. Staudenmaier
- 2012: Wiebe Bijker
- 2013: Rosalind Williams
- 2014: Pamela O. Long
- 2015: Johan Schot
- 2016: Ronald R. Kline
- 2017: Arnold Pacey
- 2018: Joy Parr
- 2019: Francesca Bray
- 2020: Maria Paula Diogo and Arthur P. Molella
- 2021: Suzanne Moon
- 2022: Donald MacKenzie
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