The Full Inventory of Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Medicine Persons from “Human Accomplishment”

Charles Murray:

In Data Tools #3, I presented the full inventory of events in science, technology, mathematics, and medicine (STMM) from 800 BCE to 1950 that were assembled for my book Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950 (HarperCollins, 2003). Data Tools #4 presents the full inventory of persons who have been associated with STMM achievements.

In Human Accomplishment, I limited my presentation of notable STMM persons to the 1,371 who qualified as “significant.” STMM Persons contains data on 4,596 persons. It includes all the persons who qualified as “significant” plus all others who met one of two criteria: