Michael Hunter | |
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Born | Michael Cyril William Hunter 1949 (age 74–75) |
Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge, Worcester College, Oxford |
Occupation | Historian |
Employer | Birkbeck, University of London |
Parent(s) | Frank and Olive Hunter |
Awards | Roy G. Neville Prize |
Michael Cyril William Hunter FBA FRHistS (born 1949) is emeritus professor of history in the department of history, classics and archaeology [2] and a fellow [1] of Birkbeck, University of London. Hunter is interested in the culture of early modern England. He specialises in the history of science in seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England, particularly the work of Robert Boyle. [2] In Noel Malcolm's judgement, Hunter "has done more for Boyle studies than anyone before him (or, one might almost say, than all previous Boyle scholars put together)". [3]
Hunter read history at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, England from 1968 to 1972. He then attended Worcester College, Oxford, where he received a DPhil. [1]
After a brief stay at the University of Reading Hunter joined Birkbeck, University of London in 1976. [1]
Hunter's first monograph focused on the English antiquary and natural philosopher John Aubrey. [4] Since then he has written extensively on the history of science and intellectual thought in England during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, in particular the Royal Society. [5]
His most substantial scholarly achievement is his edition of Boyle's Works (with Edward Davis, 14 vols, 1999–2000) [6] and Correspondence (with Antonio Clericuzio and Lawrence Principe, 6 vols, 2001). [6]
From 2006 to 2009 Hunter directed the creation of a digital library focusing on British printed images before 1700. [2]
He received the 2011 Roy G. Neville Prize from the Chemical Heritage Foundation for his biographical work Boyle: Between God and Science. [7] He also received the 2011 Robert Latham medal from the Samuel Pepys Club. [8] [9] In his honour, when he retired in 2013, the Birkbeck Early Modern Society held a conference on "Science, Magic and Religion in the Early Modern Period". [2]
Hunter has been a wary defender of his turf, with scholars Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer observing he has been "consistently hostile" to their more recent work on Robert Boyle. [10]
Hunter is a motorcycle enthusiast who likes two-stroke racing bikes. [2] He lives in Hastings, East Sussex. [1]
Other academic books include:
Michael Hunter | |
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Born | Michael Cyril William Hunter 1949 (age 74–75) |
Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge, Worcester College, Oxford |
Occupation | Historian |
Employer | Birkbeck, University of London |
Parent(s) | Frank and Olive Hunter |
Awards | Roy G. Neville Prize |
Michael Cyril William Hunter FBA FRHistS (born 1949) is emeritus professor of history in the department of history, classics and archaeology [2] and a fellow [1] of Birkbeck, University of London. Hunter is interested in the culture of early modern England. He specialises in the history of science in seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England, particularly the work of Robert Boyle. [2] In Noel Malcolm's judgement, Hunter "has done more for Boyle studies than anyone before him (or, one might almost say, than all previous Boyle scholars put together)". [3]
Hunter read history at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, England from 1968 to 1972. He then attended Worcester College, Oxford, where he received a DPhil. [1]
After a brief stay at the University of Reading Hunter joined Birkbeck, University of London in 1976. [1]
Hunter's first monograph focused on the English antiquary and natural philosopher John Aubrey. [4] Since then he has written extensively on the history of science and intellectual thought in England during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, in particular the Royal Society. [5]
His most substantial scholarly achievement is his edition of Boyle's Works (with Edward Davis, 14 vols, 1999–2000) [6] and Correspondence (with Antonio Clericuzio and Lawrence Principe, 6 vols, 2001). [6]
From 2006 to 2009 Hunter directed the creation of a digital library focusing on British printed images before 1700. [2]
He received the 2011 Roy G. Neville Prize from the Chemical Heritage Foundation for his biographical work Boyle: Between God and Science. [7] He also received the 2011 Robert Latham medal from the Samuel Pepys Club. [8] [9] In his honour, when he retired in 2013, the Birkbeck Early Modern Society held a conference on "Science, Magic and Religion in the Early Modern Period". [2]
Hunter has been a wary defender of his turf, with scholars Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer observing he has been "consistently hostile" to their more recent work on Robert Boyle. [10]
Hunter is a motorcycle enthusiast who likes two-stroke racing bikes. [2] He lives in Hastings, East Sussex. [1]
Other academic books include: