Vivian Nutton FBA (born 21 December 1943) is a British historian of medicine who serves as

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at the

UCL Centre for the History of Medicine The UCL Centre for the History of Medicine (UCLCHM) was an academic research and teaching centre for the history of medicine at University College London (UCL) in London. It succeeded the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL. ...

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, and current President of the Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance (CSMBR). Nutton acquired his B.A. in

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at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

in 1965 and subsequently taught there as a Fellow of Selwyn College (1967–77).''Selwyn College Calendar'', 1986/87 He received his Ph.D. in 1970. Since 1977, he has worked at the

Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL (2000-2012) was a research and teaching centre within University College London dedicated to the history of medicine. It was created through a grant from the Wellcome Trust, on the mode ...

as a Lecturer, and since 1993 as Professor. He is a member of several international learned societies and a Fellow of the

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. Since 2015, he has worked at

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University First Moscow State Medical University (MSMU, officially I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, informally Moscow Medical Academy or Sechenov University; russian: Первый Московский государственный � ...

(1st MSMU). Nutton's main field of research is the Ancient Greek physician

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. Beyond that, his work comprises the whole of the ancient

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and its reception history, in particular during the

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and in the

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Publications

* ''John Caius and the Manuscripts of Galen,'' Cambridge: Cambridge Philological Society, 1987 * ''From Democedes to Harvey: Studies in the History of Medicine,'' UK: Ashgate Publishing, 1988 * ''Medicine at The Courts of Europe 1500-1837,'' London: Routledge, 1990 * ''The Western Medical Tradition: 800 BC to Ad 1800,'' with Lawrence I. Conrad and Michael Neve, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995 * ''The History of Medical Education in Britain,'' Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1995 * Galen, ''On My Own Opinions,'' (trans.) Akademie Verlag, 1999 * ''Renaissance Studies: Medicine in the Renaissance City,'' (Ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001 * ''The Unknown Galen,'' London: Institute of Classical Studies, 2002 * ''Ancient Medicine,'' London: Routledge, 2005 * ''Pestilential Complexities: Understanding Medieval Plague,'' London: Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2008 * ''Galen: On Problematical Movements,'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011 * ''Method of Medicine, Volume I: Books 1-4 (Loeb Classical Library),'' Cambridge, Mass: Harvard Univ. Press, 2011

References

1943 births Living people British classical scholars British medical historians Fellows of Selwyn College, Cambridge Academics of University College London Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge Fellows of the British Academy {{UK-historian-stub