Sara J. Schechner

Sara J. Schechner (born 1957) is an American historian of science, the David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and a lecturer on the History of Science at Harvard University.

Life Schechner earned her Bachelor of Arts in History and Science with Physics from Harvard-Radcliffe of Harvard University, graduating summa cum laude in 1979. Schechner then studied History and Philosophy of Science at the Emmanuel College of the Cambridge University and finished it with a Master of Philosophy in 1981.

Awards 2020: Elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020. 2019: Paul Bunge Prize of the Society of German Chemists 2018: LeRoy E. Doggett Prize, American Astronomical Society 2018: Second Place, Telescopes-Mechanical/Other, Stellafane Convention, for a quilt, “This is Stellafane!” 2018. 2014: Great Exhibitions Prize for Body of Knowledge:A History of Anatomy (in 3 Parts), British Society for the History of Science 2014: Dean's Impact Award, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University 2010: The Paul and Irene Hollister Lecturer on Glass, 2010. 2009: First Place, Telescopes-Mechanical/Special, Stellafane Convention, for a historical quilt,“The Great 26-Inch Telescope at Foggy Bottom,” 2008: Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize. 2007: First Place, International Design Awards 2007, for Time, Life, & Matter 2004: Helen Sawyer Hogg Public Lecturer, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1991–1992: Herbert C. Pollock Award From 1982: New York Academy of Sciences From 1979: Sigma Xi 1979: Sigma Xi Prize, Harvard 1979: Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard