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| Janet Browne | |
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Die Wissenschaftshistorikern Janet Browne 2008 bei ihrer Einführung zu Steven Shapins Lesung auf dem Treffen der History of Science Society
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| Geboren | 1950 |
| Wohnort | Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika |
| Arbeitsgebiete | Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte |
| Arbeitsplatz | Harvard University |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin Imperial College, London |
Elizabeth Janet Browne (née Bell, born 30 March 1950) is a British historian of science known especially for her work on the history of 19th century biology. She taught at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College, London, before returning to Harvard. She is currently Aramont Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University.[1]
Biografie
BearbeitenJanet Browne wurde 1950 als Tochter von Douglas Bell CBE (1914–1993) und seiner Frau Elisabeth Mary Bell (geborene Edelsten) geboren. 1972 heiratete sie Nicholas Browne, mit dem sie zwei Töchter hat.
Browne gained a BA degree from Trinity College, Dublin in 1972 and from Imperial College, London an MSc (1973) and PhD (1978) on the history of science.[1] She was a research fellow at Harvard-Universität.[2] She received an honorary Doctor in Science (Sc. D) degree from Trinity College, Dublin in 2009 in recognition of her contribution to the biographical knowledge of Charles Darwin.[2]
After working as an associate editor on the University of Cambridge Library project to collect, edit, and publish the correspondence of Charles Darwin, she wrote a two volume biography of the naturalist: Charles Darwin: Voyaging (1995), on his youth and years on the Beagle, and Charles Darwin: The Power of Place (2002), covering his post-Beagle years through the publication of his theory of evolution and beyond. The latter book has received acclaim for its innovative interpretation of the role of Darwin's correspondence in the formation of his scientific theory and recruitment of scientific support. In 2004, the latter volume won the History of Science Society's Pfizer Prize, the Society's highest honor awarded to individual works of scholarship.[3] In 2003, it also won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography.
Browne ist zurzeit der Aramont Professor für Wissenschaftsgeschichte an der Universität Harvard. Ihre Spezialgebiete sind die Biowissenschaften, Naturgeschichte und die Evolutionsbiologie vom 17. bis ins 20. Jahrhundert.
Veröffentlichungen
BearbeitenThe following is a selection of Browne's publications, chosen primarily by convenience from internet searches, but also to indicate the timespan over which she has published.
Einzelnachweise
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- ↑ Browne, Janet: Voyaging. Princeton University Press (Alfred A. Knopf), 1996, ISBN 0-691-02606-8, S. cover.