Facts: - residence: toronto - box width: 230px - known for: the tyndall project , isis -lrb- journal -rrb- - fields: intellectual of science history , history of victorian society , history - workplaces: york university - awards: templeton strategic knowledge cluster grant -lrb- 2007 -rrb- member of the science-religion royal society of canada -lrb- 2011 -rrb- course program award -lrb- 1998 -rrb- sshrc - birth date: 30 april 1950 - name: bernard lightman - image size: 225px - nationality: canadian - image: bernie lightman.jpg - birth place: toronto , ontario canada - alma mater: brandeis university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bernard lightman .
bernard vise lightman , frsc -lrb- born april 30 , 1950 -rrb- is a canadian historian , and professor of humanities and science and technology studies at york university , in toronto , canada .he specializes in the relationship between victorian science and unbelief , the role of women in science , and the popularization of science .lightman is known for his work as the editor of the journal '' isis '' -lrb- 2004 to present -rrb- as well as his role in the tyndall project , an effort to make available the life and letters of the nineteenth-century scientist john tyndall .lightman has received several awards and honours .for example , on november 26 , 2011 , he was elected a fellow of the royal society of canada and on december 4 , 2010 , he was elected a corresponding member of the international academy of the history of science .