Lorraine Daston

Lorraine Daston

Born	(1951-06-09) June 9, 1951 East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Historian of science
Known for	The Probabilistic Revolution Classical Probability in the Enlightenment Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150–1750
Awards	Pfizer Award (1989, 1999) Sarton Medal (2012) Dan David Prize (2018) Balzan Prize (2024)

Academic background
Education	Harvard University (BA 1973; PhD 1979) University of Cambridge (Dipl. 1974)
Thesis	The Reasonable Calculus: Classical Probability Theory 1650-1840
Academic advisors	I. Bernard Cohen and Erwin N. Hiebert
Academic work
Discipline	History of science
Sub-discipline	History of probability Early modern Europe Philosophy of natural order
Institutions	Brandeis University (1986–1990) University of Göttingen (1990–1992) University of Chicago (1992–1997; visiting since) Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (1995–)

Lorraine Jenifer Daston (born June 9, 1951) is an American historian of science. She is director emerita of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin, visiting professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, and an authority on early modern Europe's scientific and intellectual history. In 1993, she was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is a permanent fellow at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study.