Robert Fox (historian)

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Robert Fox
Robert Fox, 2013
Born (1938-10-07) 7 October 1938 (age 86)
Academic work
Main interestsHistory of science, French history, European history
Notable worksThe Savant and the State and other books

Dr. Robert Fox (born 7 October 1938)[1] MA, DPhil, FSA FRHistS is a leading British authority on the history of science. He is interested in the history of sciences and technology in Europe from the 18th century onwards. He has published extensively. His book The Savant and the State examines science, culture and politics in France between 1814 and 1914,[2] while Science without Frontiers examines developments from the late nineteenth-century until the Second World War.[3] In 2015, Fox received the George Sarton Medal, the premier award of the international History of Science Society (HSS).[4] He was recognized as a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France's Ministry of Culture in 2006.[5]

  1. ^ "Robert Fox Biography". Debretts. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  2. ^ Waring, Sophie (13 November 2013). "Robert Fox, The Savant and the State: Science and Cultural Politics in Nineteenth-Century France. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. Pp. viii+394. ISBN 978-1-4214-0522-3. £31.50 (hardback)". The British Journal for the History of Science. 46 (4): 720–722. doi:10.1017/S0007087413000745. S2CID 145809261. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Professor Robert Fox (M.A., D.Phil., F.S.A.)". University of Oxford. History Faculty. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
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