When did the term "scientist" overtake usage of the term "natural philosopher"?
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00:00 When Did The Term &Quot;Scientist&Quot; Overtake Usage Of The Term &Quot;Natural Philosopher&Quot;?
00:16 Answer 1 Score 30
00:40 Answer 2 Score 10
00:48 Accepted Answer Score 15
01:15 Answer 4 Score 4
01:33 Thank you
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00:00 When Did The Term &Quot;Scientist&Quot; Overtake Usage Of The Term &Quot;Natural Philosopher&Quot;?
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00:48 Accepted Answer Score 15
01:15 Answer 4 Score 4
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ANSWER 1
Score 30
According to this blog post (and this), William Whewell proposed the term in 1835.
Opposition continued into the late 1800s and early 1900s, but according to this Google Labs ngram, the crossing point appears to be a little after 1870:
ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 15
From the data reported from the Corpus of Historical American, scientist started to be used more frequently than natural philosopher between 1860 and 1869.
The CoHA finds 538 phrases containing scientist dated 1960-1969, and 589 phrases dated 2000-2009.
ANSWER 3
Score 10
I present a different picture:
ANSWER 4
Score 4
it probably happened in 1870 - just refined the Book Ngram Viewer
here's a more granular view - "natural philosopher" rallied but ultimately gave way to "scientist" before June of 1874
