David Edgerton FBA (born 16 April 1959) is an English historian and educator. He was educated at

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, and

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. After teaching the economics of science and technology and the history of science and technology at the

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, he became the founding director of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at Imperial College, London, and Hans Rausing Professor. He has held a Major Research Fellowship (2006–2009) from the

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. In 2013, he led the move of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine to the Department of History of

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. Edgerton's books include ''Warfare State: Britain 1920–1970'' (Cambridge, 2005) and '' The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900'' (Profile, 2006). Edgerton was elected a

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of the

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in 2021."Professor David Edgerton FBA"
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''. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

Selected publications

David Edgerton has published both articles and several books, including: * ''The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History'' (2018) * ''Britain's War Machine: Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World War'' (2011) * ''Warfare State: Britain 1920–1970'' (Cambridge, 2005); * '' The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900'' (Profile, 2006) * ''Science, Technology and the British Industrial 'Decline 1870–1970 * ''England and the Aeroplane: An Essay on a Militant and Technological Nation (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History)'' (1991)

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King's College London
English historians Historians of science Historians of technology 1959 births Living people Alumni of St John's College, Oxford People from Montevideo Academics of Imperial College London Academics of King's College London Fellows of the British Academy {{UK-historian-stub