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G. E. R. Lloyd

April 28, 2024

Sir Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd FBA FLSW (born 25 January 1933), usually cited as G. E. R. Lloyd, is a historian of ancient science and medicine at the University of Cambridge. He is the senior scholar in residence at the Needham Research Institute in Cambridge, England.[1]

Sir G. E. R. Lloyd
Born
Sir Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd

(1933-01-25) 25 January 1933 (age 91)
Academic background
EducationCharterhouse School
King's College, Cambridge
Academic work
DisciplineAncient history
Sub-disciplineHistory of science in classical antiquity
InstitutionsKing's College, Cambridge
Darwin College, Cambridge

Early life edit

His father, a Welsh physician, specialised in tuberculosis. After a nomadic early education in six different schools, he obtained a scholarship to Charterhouse, where, despite an indifferent academic culture, he excelled in mathematics, and learned Italian from Wilfrid Noyce. The curriculum was biased to classics, which he was advised, misleadingly in his later view, to pursue. On obtaining another scholarship to King's College, Cambridge he came under the influence of the pre-Socratics specialist John Raven. He spent a year in Athens (1954–1955) where, apart from learning modern Greek, he also mastered the bouzouki.

Career edit

A keen interest in anthropology informed his reading of ancient Greek philosophy, and his doctoral studies, conducted under the supervision of Geoffrey Kirk, focused on patterns of polarity and analogy in Greek thought, a thesis which, revised, was eventually published in 1966.

He was called up for National Service in 1958. On 14 March 1959, following training, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the British Army's Intelligence Corps. He was given the service number 460084.[2] He was posted to Cyprus after the EOKA insurgency.

On his return to Cambridge in 1960, a chance conversation with Edmund Leach stimulated him to read deeply in the emerging approach of structural anthropology being formulated by Claude Lévi-Strauss. In 1965, thanks to the support of Moses Finley, he was appointed to an assistant lectureship. Consideration of how political discourse affected the modes of scientific discourse and demonstration in Ancient Greece was a recurring theme in his methodology.

After a visit to lecture in China in 1987, Lloyd turned to the study of Classical Chinese. This has added a broad comparative scope to his more recent work, which, following in the wake of Joseph Needham's pioneering studies, analyses how the different political cultures of ancient China and Greece influenced the different forms of scientific discourse in those cultures.

In 1989 he was appointed master of Darwin College, where he remains as an honorary fellow. Presently he spends a part of each year in his other home in Spain,[citation needed] where much of his writing is now done.

Honours edit

Lloyd was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1983 and awarded its Kenyon Medal in 2007.[3] He received the George Sarton Medal of the History of Science Society in 1987. He was elected to Honorary Foreign Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995, to the International Academy for the History of Science in 1997, the year in which he was knighted for 'services to the history of thought'. In 2013 he received the Dan David Prize on the modern legacy of the ancient world.[4] He is a member of the advisory board of The International Academic Forum. In 2013 he received the Dann David Prize in recognition of his innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms. In 2014 he received the International Fyssen Prize for work in Cross-Cultural Cognition. In 2015, he was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW).[5]

Publications edit

  • 1966. Polarity and Analogy: Two Types of Argumentation in Early Greek Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-05578-4; reprint Bristol Classical Press, 1922. ISBN 0-87220-140-6.
  • 1968. Aristotle: The Growth and Structure of his Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-09456-9.
  • 1970. Early Greek Science: Thales to Aristotle. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-00583-6.
  • 1973. Greek Science after Aristotle. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1973. ISBN 0-393-00780-4.
  • 1978. Aristotle on Mind and the Senses (Cambridge Classical Studies). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-21669-9.
  • 1978. with J. Chadwick. Hippocratic Writings (Penguin Classics). Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-044451-3.
  • 1979. Magic Reason and Experience: Studies in the Origin and Development of Greek Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-29641-2.
  • 1983. Science, Folklore and Ideology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-27307-2.
  • 1987. The Revolutions of Wisdom: Studies in the Claims and Practice of Ancient Greek Science (Sather Classical Lectures, 52). Berkeley: University of California Press, ISBN 0-520-06742-8.
  • 1990. Demystifying Mentalities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36680-1.
  • 1991. Methods and Problems in Greek Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-39762-6
  • 1996. Adversaries and Authorities: Investigations into ancient Greek and Chinese Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-55695-3.
  • 1996. Aristotelian Explorations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-55619-8.
  • 2002. The Ambitions of Curiosity: Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Pr. ISBN 0-521-81542-8.
  • 2002. with Nathan Sivin. The Way and the Word: Science and Medicine in Early China and Greece. New Haven: Yale University. Press. ISBN 0-300-10160-0.
  • 2003. In the Grip of Disease: Studies in the Greek Imagination. New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-927587-4.
  • 2004. Ancient Worlds, Modern Reflections: Philosophical Perspectives on Greek and Chinese Science and Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-928870-4.
  • 2005. The Delusions of Invulnerability: Wisdom and Morality in Ancient Greece, China and Today. London: Duckworth. ISBN 0-7156-3386-4.
  • 2006. Principles And Practices in Ancient Greek And Chinese Science (Variorum Collected Studies Series). Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN 0-86078-993-4.
  • 2007. Cognitive Variations: Reflections on the Unity and Diversity of the Human Mind. New York: Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-921461-1.
  • 2009. Disciplines in the Making, Oxford University Press, pp. viii + 215. ISBN 978-0-19-956787-4.
  • 2012. Being, Humanity and Understanding, Oxford University Press, pp. 136. ISBN 978-0-19-965472-7.
  • 2014. The Ideals of Inquiry, Oxford University Press, pp. 163. ISBN 978-0-19-870560-4.
  • 2015. Analogical Investigations: Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Human Reasoning, Cambridge University Press, pp. 139. ISBN 978-1-107-10784-7.
  • 2017. The Ambivalences of Rationality: Ancient and Modern Cross-Cultural Explorations, Cambridge University Press, pp. 132. ISBN 978-1108420044
  • 2020. Intelligence and Intelligibility: Cross-Cultural Studies of Human Cognitive Experience, Oxford University Press, pp. 176. ISBN 978-0198854593

References edit

  1. ^ . Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
  2. ^ "No. 41713". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 May 1959. p. 3318.
  3. ^ . Prizes and medals. British Academy. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  4. ^ Dan David Prize • Laureates 2013 • Sir Geoffrey Lloyd, retrieved 30 August 2014, Sir Geoffrey Lloyd is the greatest living scholar of the history of ancient science, who has completely transformed the field over the last four decades. He has brought together insights from anthropology, sociology and general history to bear upon the history of ideas, and initiated the research program of comparative studies of Greek and Chinese science. He showed how Greek science is a product of Greek society, and he crucially uncovered the great diversity of Greek scientific practices.
  5. ^ "Fellows Elected 2015" (PDF). Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

External links edit

  • Lloyd's Biography Page at the Needham Research Institute, Cambridge
  • Interview of Geoffrey Lloyd by Alan Macfarlane 7 June 2005 (video)
  • Edward Grant. "1987 Sarton Medal Citation." Isis, 79(1988): 243–4.
Academic offices
Preceded by Master of Darwin College, Cambridge
1989–2000 		Succeeded by

April 28, 2024
lloyd, geoffrey, ernest, richard, lloyd, flsw, born, january, 1933, usually, cited, historian, ancient, science, medicine, university, cambridge, senior, scholar, residence, needham, research, institute, cambridge, england, bornsir, geoffrey, ernest, richard, . Sir Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd FBA FLSW born 25 January 1933 usually cited as G E R Lloyd is a historian of ancient science and medicine at the University of Cambridge He is the senior scholar in residence at the Needham Research Institute in Cambridge England 1 Sir G E R LloydBornSir Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd 1933 01 25 25 January 1933 age 91 Academic backgroundEducationCharterhouse School King s College CambridgeAcademic workDisciplineAncient historySub disciplineHistory of science in classical antiquityInstitutionsKing s College Cambridge Darwin College Cambridge Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Honours 4 Publications 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editHis father a Welsh physician specialised in tuberculosis After a nomadic early education in six different schools he obtained a scholarship to Charterhouse where despite an indifferent academic culture he excelled in mathematics and learned Italian from Wilfrid Noyce The curriculum was biased to classics which he was advised misleadingly in his later view to pursue On obtaining another scholarship to King s College Cambridge he came under the influence of the pre Socratics specialist John Raven He spent a year in Athens 1954 1955 where apart from learning modern Greek he also mastered the bouzouki Career editA keen interest in anthropology informed his reading of ancient Greek philosophy and his doctoral studies conducted under the supervision of Geoffrey Kirk focused on patterns of polarity and analogy in Greek thought a thesis which revised was eventually published in 1966 He was called up for National Service in 1958 On 14 March 1959 following training he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the British Army s Intelligence Corps He was given the service number 460084 2 He was posted to Cyprus after the EOKA insurgency On his return to Cambridge in 1960 a chance conversation with Edmund Leach stimulated him to read deeply in the emerging approach of structural anthropology being formulated by Claude Levi Strauss In 1965 thanks to the support of Moses Finley he was appointed to an assistant lectureship Consideration of how political discourse affected the modes of scientific discourse and demonstration in Ancient Greece was a recurring theme in his methodology After a visit to lecture in China in 1987 Lloyd turned to the study of Classical Chinese This has added a broad comparative scope to his more recent work which following in the wake of Joseph Needham s pioneering studies analyses how the different political cultures of ancient China and Greece influenced the different forms of scientific discourse in those cultures In 1989 he was appointed master of Darwin College where he remains as an honorary fellow Presently he spends a part of each year in his other home in Spain citation needed where much of his writing is now done Honours editLloyd was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1983 and awarded its Kenyon Medal in 2007 3 He received the George Sarton Medal of the History of Science Society in 1987 He was elected to Honorary Foreign Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995 to the International Academy for the History of Science in 1997 the year in which he was knighted for services to the history of thought In 2013 he received the Dan David Prize on the modern legacy of the ancient world 4 He is a member of the advisory board of The International Academic Forum In 2013 he received the Dann David Prize in recognition of his innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms In 2014 he received the International Fyssen Prize for work in Cross Cultural Cognition In 2015 he was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales FLSW 5 Publications edit1966 Polarity and Analogy Two Types of Argumentation in Early Greek Thought Cambridge Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 05578 4 reprint Bristol Classical Press 1922 ISBN 0 87220 140 6 1968 Aristotle The Growth and Structure of his Thought Cambridge Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 09456 9 1970 Early Greek Science Thales to Aristotle New York W W Norton amp Co ISBN 0 393 00583 6 1973 Greek Science after Aristotle New York W W Norton amp Co 1973 ISBN 0 393 00780 4 1978 Aristotle on Mind and the Senses Cambridge Classical Studies Cambridge Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 21669 9 1978 with J Chadwick Hippocratic Writings Penguin Classics Penguin Books ISBN 0 14 044451 3 1979 Magic Reason and Experience Studies in the Origin and Development of Greek Science Cambridge Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 29641 2 1983 Science Folklore and Ideology Cambridge Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 27307 2 1987 The Revolutions of Wisdom Studies in the Claims and Practice of Ancient Greek Science Sather Classical Lectures 52 Berkeley University of California Press ISBN 0 520 06742 8 1990 Demystifying Mentalities Cambridge Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 36680 1 1991 Methods and Problems in Greek Science Cambridge Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 39762 6 1996 Adversaries and Authorities Investigations into ancient Greek and Chinese Science Cambridge Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 55695 3 1996 Aristotelian Explorations Cambridge Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 55619 8 2002 The Ambitions of Curiosity Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China Cambridge Cambridge Univ Pr ISBN 0 521 81542 8 2002 with Nathan Sivin The Way and the Word Science and Medicine in Early China and Greece New Haven Yale University Press ISBN 0 300 10160 0 2003 In the Grip of Disease Studies in the Greek Imagination New York Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 927587 4 2004 Ancient Worlds Modern Reflections Philosophical Perspectives on Greek and Chinese Science and Culture New York Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 928870 4 2005 The Delusions of Invulnerability Wisdom and Morality in Ancient Greece China and Today London Duckworth ISBN 0 7156 3386 4 2006 Principles And Practices in Ancient Greek And Chinese Science Variorum Collected Studies Series Aldershot Ashgate ISBN 0 86078 993 4 2007 Cognitive Variations Reflections on the Unity and Diversity of the Human Mind New York Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 921461 1 2009 Disciplines in the Making Oxford University Press pp viii 215 ISBN 978 0 19 956787 4 2012 Being Humanity and Understanding Oxford University Press pp 136 ISBN 978 0 19 965472 7 2014 The Ideals of Inquiry Oxford University Press pp 163 ISBN 978 0 19 870560 4 2015 Analogical Investigations Historical and Cross Cultural Perspectives on Human Reasoning Cambridge University Press pp 139 ISBN 978 1 107 10784 7 2017 The Ambivalences of Rationality Ancient and Modern Cross Cultural Explorations Cambridge University Press pp 132 ISBN 978 1108420044 2020 Intelligence and Intelligibility Cross Cultural Studies of Human Cognitive Experience Oxford University Press pp 176 ISBN 978 0198854593References edit British Academy Fellowship entry Archived from the original on 6 June 2011 Retrieved 18 June 2008 No 41713 The London Gazette Supplement 19 May 1959 p 3318 Kenyon Medal 2007 Prizes and medals British Academy Archived from the original on 14 June 2015 Retrieved 13 June 2015 Dan David Prize Laureates 2013 Sir Geoffrey Lloyd retrieved 30 August 2014 Sir Geoffrey Lloyd is the greatest living scholar of the history of ancient science who has completely transformed the field over the last four decades He has brought together insights from anthropology sociology and general history to bear upon the history of ideas and initiated the research program of comparative studies of Greek and Chinese science He showed how Greek science is a product of Greek society and he crucially uncovered the great diversity of Greek scientific practices Fellows Elected 2015 PDF Learned Society of Wales Retrieved 2 May 2015 External links editLloyd s Biography Page at the Needham Research Institute Cambridge Picture of Geoffrey Lloyd Interview of Geoffrey Lloyd by Alan Macfarlane 7 June 2005 video Edward Grant 1987 Sarton Medal Citation Isis 79 1988 243 4 Academic offices Preceded byArnold Burgen Master of Darwin College Cambridge1989 2000 Succeeded byWilliam Brown Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title G E R Lloyd amp oldid 1219121036, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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