Janet Browne

This article is about the historian of science. For the comedian, see Janet Brown.

Janet Browne
English: Historian of science Janet Browne, introducing Steven Shapin before his Distinguished Lecture at the 2008 History of Science Society meeting
Born (1950-03-30) 30 March 1950 (age 74)
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin
Imperial College, London
Scientific career
FieldsHistorian of Science
InstitutionsHarvard

Elizabeth Janet Browne (née Bell, born 30 March 1950) is a British historian of science, known especially for her work on the history of 19th-century biology. She taught at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College, London, before returning to Harvard. She is currently Aramont Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University.[1]

  1. ^ Browne, Janet (2010), "Making Darwin: Biography and the Changing Representations of Charles Darwin", Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 40 (3): 347–373, doi:10.1162/jinh.2010.40.3.347, S2CID 145165183