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Keir Waddington

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Keir Waddington (born 1970) is professor of history at Cardiff University. He is a specialist in medical, urban, and environmental history. He is the joint editor of the Social Histories of Medicine monograph series. He previously held a post at the Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicine, working with Roy Porter on The History of Bethlehem, and had a fellowship at St Bartholomew's Hospital.[1]

Early and personal life

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Waddington is from Chichester and attended Chichester High School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History from the University of East Anglia and a Master of Arts (MA) and a PhD from University College London (UCL). Waddington married Katherine Weikert, American historian at the University of Winchester, in her home of Indiana in September 2022.[2]

Selected publications

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  • An introduction to the social history of medicine: Europe since 1500. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2011.[3]
  • The bovine scourge: neat, tuberculosis and public health, 1850-1914. Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2006.[4]
  • Medical education at St. Bartholomew's hospital, 1123 - 1995. Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2003.[5]
  • Charity and the London Hospitals, 1850-1898. Boydell & Brewer, Woodbridge, 2000. Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Professor Keir Waddington - People". Cardiff University. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Katherine Weikert and Keir Waddington". Dubois County Herald. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  3. ^ Hurren, E. T. (8 November 2012). "Keir Waddington, An Introduction to the Social History of Medicine, Europe since 1500". Social History of Medicine. 26 (1): 147–148. doi:10.1093/shm/hks095.
  4. ^ Keir, Waddington (1 February 2006). The bovine scourge: neat, tuberculosis and public health, 1850-1914. Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-193-8. Retrieved 11 August 2018. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Lawrence, Christopher (2004). "Keir Waddington, Medical education at St Bartholomew's Hospital 1123–1995, Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 2003, pp. xii, 464, illus., £45.00 (hardback 0-85115-919-2)". Medical History. 48 (2): 267–268. doi:10.1017/S0025727300007481.
  6. ^ "Charity and the London Hospitals, 1850-1898 - Boydell and Brewer". Boydellandbrewer.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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