Vivian Nutton
Vivian Nutton (born December 21, 1943 , Halifax , England ) is a British medical historian and professor at the Wellcome Trust Center for the History of Medicine at University College London .
Nutton earned a BA in Classical Philology in 1965 at Selwyn College of Cambridge University , where he was then working in teaching. The Ph.D. received in 1970. Since 1977 he has worked at the Wellcome Trust Center for the History of Medicine , first as a lecturer and since 1993 as a professor. He is a member of various international learned societies. In 2002 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . Since 2000 he has been a member of the Academia Europaea .
Nutton's main field of work is the Greek doctor Galen . In addition, his work spans the entire ancient history of medicine and its history of effects, especially in the Renaissance and in the Muslim world .
Publications (selection)
- Galen : On Prognosis. Ed., Trans. u. commented. Berlin 1979 (= Corpus Medicorum Graecorum. V, 8, 1).
- The seeds of disease: an explanation of contagion and infection from the Greeks to the Renaissance. In: Med. Hist. Volume 27, 1983, pp. 1-24.
Web links
- Literature by and about Vivian Nutton in the catalog of the German National Library
- Vivian Nutton at the Wellcome Trust Center for the History of Medicine, University College London (with short curriculum vitae and list of publications)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry of Vivian Nutton at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 15, 2016.
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| SURNAME | Nutton, Vivian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British medical historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halifax , England |