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Peter Robert Dear, British historian, educator. Recipient Ludwik Fleck Prize (best book), Society for Social Studies of Science, 1998, Davis Prize (best book for general audience), History of Science Society, 2002; fellow Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2000. Member of British Society for the History of Science, Society for Social Studies of Science, History of Science Society.

Background

Dear, Peter Robert was born on March 3, 1958 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Son of John Leslie and Marjorie Rhoda (Halsted) Dear.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1984.

Career

Temporary lecturer Imperial College, London, 1984—1985. Research fellow Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, England, 1985—1986. Professor history Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, since 1986.

Achievements

  • Peter Robert Dear has been listed as a noteworthy historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of British Society for the History of Science, Society for Social Studies of Science, History of Science Society.

Connections

Married Pauline Carpenter Dear, February 17, 1958.

Father:
John Leslie Dear

Mother:
Marjorie Rhoda (Halsted) Dear

Spouse:
Pauline Carpenter Dear