Thomas Samuel Kuhn (1922 - 1996)

Born 18 Jul 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio

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Thomas Kuhn was married twice, first to Kathryn Muhs with whom he had three children, then to Jehane Barton Burns (Jehane R. Kuhn). He was an American physicist, historian and philosopher of science whose controversial 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was influential in both academic and popular circles, introducing the term paradigm shift, which has since become an English-language idiom.^[1]

On 25 Apr 1930 at the time of the 1930 US Census, head of household Samuel Kuhn (age 35, born in Ohio) was employed as an Executive working in Investments and living in a home he rented for $350 at 137 East 94th in Manhattan, New York with his wife, Minette S. Kuhn (age 32, born in NY); son Thomas S. Kuhn (age 7, born in OH); son Roger T. Kuhn (age 5, born in NY); servant Margaret B. Couser (age 22, born in Scotland); lodger and servant Charlotte A. Helm (age 28, born in Germany); servant Hannah Schweigert (age 28, born in Germany). Samuel was first married at age 26; Minette was first married at age 23. Both of Samuel's parents were born in Ohio; both of Minette's parents were born in New York. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Thomas_Kuhn.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X422-9HG : accessed 15 August 2021), Thomas S Kuhn in household of Samuel Kuhn, Manhattan (Districts 0501-0750), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 539, sheet 30A, line 43, family 611, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1566; FHL microfilm 2,341,301.

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• 'Michael Faraday - a Sandemanian and Scientist' by Geoffrey Cantor