Jack B. Morrell is a

historian of science The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural, social, and formal. Science's earliest roots can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Meso ...

at the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

. Between 1964 and 1994 he was lecturer and then Reader in

History of Science The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural, social, and formal. Science's earliest roots can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Meso ...

at the

University of Bradford The University of Bradford is a Public university, public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. A plate glass university, it received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be creat ...

. He has also been a visiting professor at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

(1970), a Supernumerary Fellow at

Brasenose College, Oxford Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the mi ...

(1987), and a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow (1995–97). Between 1978 and 1982 he was vice-president and then president of the

British Society for the History of Science The British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) was founded in 1947 by Francis Butler, Joan Eyles and Victor Eyles. Overview It is Britain's largest learned society devoted to the history of science, technology, and medicine. The society's ...

. Since 1984 he has been a Fellow of the

Royal Historical Society The Royal Historical Society, founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Histori ...

. He has written five books. He is currently examining the relations between the professionals and amateurs who worked in Yorkshire in the early twentieth century on the geology of the county. His main research interests are *British Science, 1760–c.1939 *History of Scientific Institutions *

History of Geology The history of geology is concerned with the development of the natural science of geology. Geology is the scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of Earth. Antiquity Some of the first geological thoughts were about the ori ...

He received the 2007

Sue Tyler Friedman Medal The Sue Tyler Friedman Medal is awarded by the Geological Society of London for work on the history of geology. Established in 1987, it is named after the wife of academic journal editor and publisher Gerald M. Friedman, and was funded by a gift t ...

for his work in the history of geology.

Selected publications

*''John Phillips and the Business of Victorian Science'' (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005). * 15 articles in the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford: OUP, 2004). *''Science at Oxford, 1914–1939: Transforming an Arts University'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997). *''Science, Culture and Politics in Britain, 1750–1870'' (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1997). *(ed. with A. W. Thackray) Gentlemen of Science: Early Correspondence of the British Association for the Advancement of Science'', Royal Historical Society, Camden Series, vol. 30 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1984). *(ed. with I. Inkster) ''Metropolis and Province: Science in British Culture, 1780–1850'' (London: Hutchinson, 1983). *(with A. W. Thackray) ''Gentlemen of Science: Early Years of the

British Association for the Advancement of Science The British Science Association (BSA) is a charity and learned society founded in 1831 to aid in the promotion and development of science. Until 2009 it was known as the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA). The current Chie ...

'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981).

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