Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs
Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs (née Teeter; October 19, 1930 – March 29, 1994) was a historian specializing in Isaac Newton's occult studies.[1]
Born in Camden, Arkansas, Betty Jo Teeter was the youngest daughter of a Methodist preacher and a schoolteacher. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Hendrix College and a master's degree in psychology from the University of Arkansas. She received her Ph.D. in 1974 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and from 1975 to 1991 taught at Northwestern University.[2]
Her works include The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy, or the Hunting of the Greene Lyon,[3] Alchemical Death and Resurrection (based upon her February 1988 lecture at the Smithsonian Institution),[4] and The Janus Faces of Genius: The Role of Alchemy in Newton's Thought.[5] She was a professor of history at the University of California, Davis from 1991 to 1994.
In 1997, she was awarded posthumously with the George Sarton Medal of the History of Science Society.[6] Her 1995 book Newton and the Culture of Newtonianism, coauthored by Margaret C. Jacob,[7] won the 1996 Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize.
In 1953 Betty Jo Teeter married Dan Byron Dobbs (1932–2024), who became a lawyer and professor of law. Their marriage ended in divorce after 25 years of marriage.[2][8][9] She died of a heart attack at age 63 while visiting the Grand Canyon.[10] Upon her death, she was survived by three daughters, a son, and two grandchildren, as well as her companion Karen Halttunen.[2][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "In Memoriam, 1994". oac.cdlib.org. University of California. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Obituary for Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs". The News and Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. 24 April 1994. p. 46.
- ^ Rattansi, P. M. (1976). "Seventeenth-Century Studies: The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy . Or "The Hunting of the Greene Lyon." Betty Jo Teeter Hobbs". Science. 192 (4240): 689–690. doi:10.1126/science.192.4240.689. PMID 17820026. p. 690
- ^ "Alchemical Death and Resurrection by Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs". Getty Library Catalog.
- ^ Mandelbrote, Scott (1993). "review of The Janus Faces of Genius: The Role of Alchemy in Newton's Thought by Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs". The British Journal for the History of Science. 26 (4): 491–493. doi:10.1017/S0007087400031526. p. 493
- ^ "Sarton Medal". hssonline.org. History of Science Society. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ Stewart, Larry (1996). "review of Newton and the Culture of Newtonianism by Betty Jo Teeter Hobbs and Margaret C. Jacob". Isis. 87: 175. doi:10.1086/357444.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Dan B. Dobbs | University of Arizona Law". 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Record of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [serial]". 1963.
- ^ Rockwell, Susanne (7 April 1994). "Obituary for History Professor Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs". University of California, Davis.
- ^ "Karen Halttunen". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
External links
[edit]- Betty Jo Dobbs Papers at Special Collections Dept., University Library, University of California, Davis
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