Roy Porter
Roy Sydney Porter (1946–2002) was a British historian renowned for his prolific work on the history of medicine, particularly for pioneering an approach that focused on patients rather than doctors. He authored or edited over 100 books across diverse subjects including the history of geology, psychiatry, gout, London, and the Enlightenment, while serving as director of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine at University College London until his retirement in 2001.
history of medicine
social history
history of science
history of psychiatry
The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: 2 Volume Set
Madness: A Brief History
A Social History of Madness: The World Through the Eyes of the Insane
Man Masters Nature: Twenty-Five Centuries of Science
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity
Bodies Politic: Disease, Death and Doctors in Britain, 1650–1900
Patients and Practitioners: Lay Perceptions of Medicine in Pre-industrial Society (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
English Society in the 18th Century