Heinrich von Staden (born 1939) is a South African historian and classical scholar who has written several books and hundreds of articles and encyclopedia entries on ancient medicine, ancient philosophy, the history of science, and comparative literature.Berkeley Classics: Heinrich von Staden
/ref> He is one of the world's foremost authorities on ancient science and medicine and has contributed to the transformation of the history of the subject in the period from the fifth century B.C. to the fifth century A.D.Heinrich von Staden's page at the Institute for Advanced Study
/ref> His monumental book ''Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria'' is considered the standard in the field.

Education and career

Von Staden is a 1961 graduate of

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

and got his Ph.D. at the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (german: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; la, Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Wü ...

in 1968. He was a Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at

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from 1968 to 1998 and a Professor of Classical Literature at the

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in 2009–10. He has also held visiting professorships at the

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in Italy, the

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, and the

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. He is a Corresponding

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, a member of the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions ( epig ...

in France, a Foreign Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, a Göttingen Academy Corresponding Fellow, and a Member of the

American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...

. He is a

and a former president of th
Society for Ancient Medicine
ref name=Berkeley/> Since 1998 von Staden has been a Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the

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in Princeton, New Jersey.

Works

* ''Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria'' (1989). Cambridge University Press, * ''Western Literature, Volume 1: The Ancient World'' (1971). New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:von Staden, Heinrich Institute for Advanced Study faculty Historians of science Scholars of ancient Greek history Yale University faculty University of California, Berkeley faculty Yale College alumni University of Tübingen alumni 1939 births South African medical historians Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Living people Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy Members of the American Philosophical Society

Education and career

Works

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