Nutton, Vivian 1943-

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Nutton, Vivian 1943-

PERSONAL:

Born December 21, 1943, in Halifax, Yorkshire, England; son of Eli (a boiler operator) and Constance (a homemaker) Nutton; married; wife's name Christine; children: Alice, Christopher, Rosemary. Ethnicity: "British." Education: Selwyn College, Cambridge, M.A., Ph.D. Hobbies and other interests: "Campanology," music.

ADDRESSES:

Home—St. Albans, England. Office—Wellcome Trust Centre, University College, University of London, 210 Euston Rd., London NW1 2BT, England. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, fellow and dean of Selwyn College, 1967-77; University of London, University College, London, England, began as lecturer, became professor of the history of medicine, 1977—.

MEMBER:

Academia Europaea (fellow), Royal College of Physicians (fellow), Academia Leopoldina.

WRITINGS:

(Translator and author of commentary) Galen, On Prognosis, Akademie-Verlag (Berlin, Germany), 1979.

(Editor, with W.F. Bynum) Theories of Fever from Antiquity to the Enlightenment, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (London, England), 1981.

(Editor) Galen: Problems and Prospects, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (London, England), 1981.

John Caius and the Manuscripts of Galen, Cambridge Philological Society (Cambridge, England), 1987.

From Democedes to Harvey, Ashgate Publishing (Brookfield, VT), 1988.

(Editor) Medicine at the Courts of Europe, 1500-1837, Routledge (New York, NY), 1990.

(Translator, editor, and author of commentary) Galen, On My Own Opinions, Akademie-Verlag (Berlin, Germany), 1999.

Ancient Medicine, Routledge (New York, NY), 2004.