John Hedley Stafford

Background

Brooke, John Hedley was born on May 20, 1944 in Retford, England. Son of Hedley Joseph and Margaret (Brown) Brooke.

Education

Bachelor with honors, University Cambridge, 1965. Master of Arts, University Cambridge, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cambridge, 1969.

Career

Academic career

He was a Research Fellow at Fitzwilliam College from 1967–68, then a Tutorial Fellow at the University of Sussex from 1968-69. He was on the faculty of Lancaster University from 1969 to 1999, rising from Lecturer to Professor of History of Science. He was Gifford Lecturer at the University of Glasgow from 1995–96 and Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at The University of Oxford from 1999–2006, where he directed the Ian Ramsey Centre and was a Fellow of Harris Manchester College, Oxford.

After his retirement in 2007, he became an Emeritus Fellow of Harris Manchester College and a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study in the University of Durham. He was the editor of the British Journal for the History of Science from 1989-93. He was the president of the British Society for the History of Science from 1996–98, and has been the president of Science and Religion Forum since 2006.

He is also currently the president of International Society for Science and Religion.

Works

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  • Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Canto Classics)

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  • Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives Hedley Brooke, John ( Author ) { Paperback } 2014
  • Reconstructing Nature: The Engagement of Science and Religion (Glasgow Gifford Lectures)

    (This book, first published in the U.K. by T&T Clark, expa...)

  • Reconstructing Nature: The Engagement of Science & Religion by John Hedley Brooke (1998-06-03)

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  • Reconstructing Nature: The Engagement of Science & Religion by John Hedley Brooke (1998-06-30)

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  • Science and Religion. Some Historical Perspectives.
  • (Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives) Author: John Hedley Brooke published on (July, 2014)
  • Reconstructing Nature: The Engagement of Science and Religion: 1st (First) Edition
  • Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Canto Classics) by John Hedley Brooke (2014-07-28)

Membership

Member British Society for History of Science(president 1996-1998), International History Science Society, Society for History of Alchemy and Chemistry, Royal Society National Committee for History of Science, Medicine and Technology (editor British Journal for the History of Science, 1988-1993).

Interests

• Music, arts, chess, cricket, philosophy.

Connections

Married Janice Marian Heffer, August 30, 1972.