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Roy Porter

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Roy Sydney Porter, FBA (31 December 1946 – 3 March 2002) was a British historian known for his important work on the history of medicine. [1]

33 relations: Age of Enlightenment, American Historical Association, BBC Radio 3, British Academy, British undergraduate degree classification, Camberwell, Cambridge University Press, Christ's College, Cambridge, Churchill College, Cambridge, Fellow, Fellow of the British Academy, G. E. Berrios, George Rousseau, History of medicine, John H. Plumb, John Pickstone, Kingdom of Great Britain, Leo Gershoy Award, Michael Hofmann, Night Waves, Robert M. Young (academic), Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Simon Schama, Social history, South London, St Leonards-on-Sea, St Pancras New Church, Sue Limb, The Guardian, University College London, University of Cambridge, Wilson's School.

Age of Enlightenment

The Enlightenment (also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason; in lit in Aufklärung, "Enlightenment", in L’Illuminismo, “Enlightenment” and in Spanish: La Ilustración, "Enlightenment") was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, "The Century of Philosophy".

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American Historical Association

The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest and largest society of historians and professors of history in the United States.

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BBC Radio 3

BBC Radio 3 is a British radio station operated by the BBC.

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British Academy

The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.

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British undergraduate degree classification

The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading structure for undergraduate degrees (bachelor's degrees and integrated master's degrees) in the United Kingdom.

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Camberwell

Camberwell is a district of south London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.

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Christ's College, Cambridge

Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Churchill College, Cambridge

Churchill College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.

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Fellow

A fellow is a member of a group (or fellowship) that work together in pursuing mutual knowledge or practice.

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Fellow of the British Academy

Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences.

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G. E. Berrios

German E. Berrios FMedSci is a Professor of Psychiatry at Cambridge University in the UK.

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George Rousseau

Professor George Sebastian Rousseau (born February 23, 1941) is an American cultural historian resident in the United Kingdom.

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History of medicine

The history of medicine shows how societies have changed in their approach to illness and disease from ancient times to the present.

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John H. Plumb

Sir John (Jack) Harold Plumb, (20 August 1911 – 21 October 2001) was a British historian, known for his books on British 18th century history.

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John Pickstone

John Pickstone (29 May 1944 – 12 February 2014) was a British historian of science and the Wellcome Research Professor in the Centre for the History of science, Technology and Medicine, in the Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Manchester.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain, officially called simply Great Britain,Parliament of the Kingdom of England.

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Leo Gershoy Award

The Leo Gershoy Award is a book prize awarded by the American Historical Association for the best publication in English dealing with the history of Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

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Michael Hofmann

Michael Hofmann (born 25 August 1957 in Freiburg, West Germany) is a German-born poet who writes in English and a translator of texts from German.

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Night Waves

Night Waves was a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

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Robert M. Young (academic)

Robert Maxwell Young, usually known as Robert M. Young or Bob Young (born September 26, 1935 in Highland Park, a suburb of Dallas, Texas), is a historian of science specialising in the 19th century and particularly Darwinian thought, a philosopher of the biological and human sciences, and a Kleinian psychotherapist.

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Royal College of Physicians

The Royal College of Physicians is a British professional body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination.

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Royal College of Psychiatrists

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the main professional organisation of psychiatrists in the United Kingdom, and is responsible for representing psychiatrists, for psychiatric research and for providing public information about mental health problems.

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Simon Schama

Sir Simon Michael Schama, CBE, FRSL, FBA (born 13 February 1945) is an English historian specialising in art history, Dutch history, and French history.

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Social history

Social history, often called the new social history, is a field of history that looks at the lived experience of the past.

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South London

South London is the southern part of London, England, south of the River Thames, and includes the historic districts of Southwark, Lambeth, Bankside and Greenwich.

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St Leonards-on-Sea

St Leonards-on-Sea (commonly known as St Leonards) has been part of Hastings, East Sussex, England, since the late 19th century though it retains a sense of separate identity.

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St Pancras New Church

St Pancras Church is a Greek Revival church in St Pancras, London, built in 1819–22 to the designs of William and Henry William Inwood.

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Sue Limb

Sue Limb (born 1946, Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is a British writer and broadcaster.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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University College London

University College London (UCL) is a public research university in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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Wilson's School

Wilson's School is a boys Grammar school with academy status in Wallington in the London Borough of Sutton.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Porter

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