This scholarship has been created in the name of Dr. Margaret “Maggie” J. Osler to honour her work and her 35-year contribution to the Department of History. It is given annually to the highest-achieving student in areas of Maggie’s intellectual, teaching, and research interests.

After graduating from Swarthmore College in 1963, Maggie went on to study under Richard S. Westfall in the Department and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, where she obtained her Ph.D. in 1968. In 1975, she found her permanent academic home in Calgary. Among the many subjects that she studied, seventeenth-century French natural philosopher Pierre Gassendi remained at the core of her scholarship. She is remembered by her colleagues and students as an internationally known scholar devoted to excellence in the course of her teaching, actively involved in academic life until her death on September 15, 2010.

Award details: https://www.ucalgary.ca/registrar/node/54591

To contribute to the scholarship, please donate here: https://netcommunity.ucalgary.ca/MaggieOsler or contact:

Danielle Christensen
Advisor, Faculty of Arts at the University of Calgary
403.220.8291 | dchriste@ucalgary.ca