Martin John Spencer Rudwick (born in 1932) is an emeritus professor of History at the University of California, San Diego

University of California, San Diego

The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...

 and an affiliated research scholar at Cambridge University's Department of History and Philosophy of Science. His principal field of study is the history of the earth science

Earth science

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s, for which he received the Sue Tyler Friedman Medal

Sue Tyler Friedman Medal

The Sue Tyler Friedman Medal is awarded by the Geological Society of London for work on the history of geology. It is named after Sue Tyler Friedman.- Sue Tyler Friedman Medalists :*1988 Martin J. S...

 in 1988. Rudwick was also the recipient of the 2007 George Sarton Medal

George Sarton Medal

The George Sarton Medal is the most prestigious award given by the History of Science Society. It has been awarded annually since 1955. It is awarded to an historian of science from the international community who became distinguished for "a lifetime of scholarly achievement" in the field...

 from the History of Science Society

History of Science Society

The History of Science Society is the primary professional society for the academic study of the history of science.It was founded in 1924 by George Sarton and Lawrence Joseph Henderson, primarily to support the publication of Isis, a journal of the history of science Sarton had started in 1912....

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