Patricia Fara | |
|---|---|
 Fara in May 2018 | |
| Known for | Women in science |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History of science |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Patricia Fara is a college lecturer in the history of science at Clare College, Cambridge. She is a graduate of the University of Oxford and did her PhD at the University of London.[1] She is a former Fellow of Darwin College and is an Emerita Fellow of Clare College where she was previously Director of Studies in the History and Philosophy and Science.[2] Fara was also a College Teaching Officer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.[3] From 2016 to 2018 Fara was President of the British Society for the History of Science. In 2016 she became President of the Antiquarian Horological Society.[4][5] Fara is author of numerous popular books on the history of science and has been a guest on BBC Radio 4's science and history discussion series, In Our Time.[6]
- ^ Sobel, Dava (19 March 2018). "Science's Invisible Women". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ Clare College Fellows, referenced 28 November 2016
- ^ Department of the History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge, referenced 28 November 2016
- ^ editor, Ian Sample Science (7 June 2017). "Keep women in academia by providing childcare, historian urges universities". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "The new President" (PDF). Antiquarian Horology. 37:2: 178. 2016.
- ^ Moulds, Alison (15 February 2018). "Patricia Fara on In Our Time". The British Society for the History of Science (BSHS). Retrieved 17 January 2019.