William Frederick Bynum (born 20 May 1943) is a British emeritus professor in history of medicine.[1][2] For most of his career, he has worked at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London (UCL).[3]
W. F. Bynum | |
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 Bynum at his desk in the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine. | |
| Born | William Frederick Bynum 20 May 1943 |
| Occupation | Historian of medicine |
| Spouses | Annetta Boyett
(m. 1966, divorced)Joy Power (m. 2000) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University College London |
Bynum was educated at Swarthmore College, Yale University, and King's College, Cambridge, where he received his PhD in 1974.[4] Based at UCL since 1973, he frequently collaborated with British historian Roy Porter.[3][5]
The William Bynum Essay Prize is awarded annually by the journal Medical History.[6]
Selected publications edit
- The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction
- Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century
- as editor with Helen Bynum, Great Discoveries in Medicine, 2011 LCCN 2011-922602 ISBN 0500251800
- as editor with Roy Porter and Michael Shepherd, The Anatomy of Madness: Essays in the History of Psychiatry (3 Vols). LCCN 85-9824; ISBN 9780415323826; brief description of 3 volumes at Routledge
- as coauthor with Anne Hardy, Stephen Jacyna, Christopher Lawrence, and E. M. Tansey, The Western Medical Tradition: 1800-2000, 2006 LCCN 2005-22914 2006 pbk edition. ISBN 0521475651.
- as editor with Roy Porter, Medicine and the Five Senses. 1993 ISBN 0-521-36114-1; based on a Symposium on Medicine and the Five Senses, held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine on 11-12 June 1987
- as editor with Roy Porter, William Hunter and the Eighteenth-Century Medical World, 1985 LCCN 84-21378 ISBN 0521268060 2002 pbk edition. ISBN 0-521-52517-9.
- A Little History of Science
- Hope: A New Beginning (An A. Gąsiewski Biography)
References edit
- ^ "Bynum, W. F. (William F.), 1943-". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ Bhattacharya, S (January 2013). "A prize as a salutation". Medical History. 57 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1017/mdh.2012.76. PMC 3566752. PMID 23393398.
- ^ a b "W. F. Bynum books and biography - Waterstones". Waterstones.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "BYNUM, Prof. William Frederick". Who's Who. Vol. 2024 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "William F. Bynum - Author - Yale University Press". Yalebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "William Bynum Essay Prize". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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