Charles Webster (historian of medicine)

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Charles Webster, FBA, is a historian and retired academic specialising in the history of medicine and science. He was Reader in the History of Medicine and Director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 1988 (when he was also a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford), and a senior research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, from 1988 to 2004. Webster was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1982. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Webster, Charles", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  2. "Dr Charles Webster", All Souls College, Oxford. Retrieved 9 September 2019.