• Source: British Society for the History of Science

      • The British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) was founded in 1947 by Francis Butler, Joan Eyles and Victor Eyles.


      Overview


      It is Britain's largest learned society devoted to the history of science, technology, and medicine. The society's aim is to bring together people with interests in all aspects of the field, and to publicise relevant ideas within the wider research and teaching communities and the media. Its mission statement states the society will strive "to foster the understanding of the history and social impact of science, technology and medicine in all their branches in the academic and the wider communities, and to provide a national focus for the discipline."
      Publications are a key feature of the society's professional activity. Print publications include:

      The British Journal for the History of Science (BJHS): a peer-reviewed quarterly academic journal, including articles and reviews of the latest books in the history of science, technology and medicine
      BJHS Themes: a peer-reviewed open access academic journal, an annual themed collection of articles
      Viewpoint: magazine of the society, published three times a year and featuring news and views from across the field
      BSHS Monographs: work of lasting scholarly value that might not otherwise be made available, and aids the dissemination of innovative projects advancing scholarship or education in the field
      Other publications are online, including the BSHS List of Theses, and the BSHS Guide to Institutions.
      The society also awards several prizes:

      The Singer Prize, awarded every two years for an unpublished research essay by new scholars
      The BSHS Hughes Prize, awarded every two years to the best history of science book written for a popular audience
      The BSHS Slade Prize, awarded between 1999 and 2009 for studies of conceptual innovation or scientific methodology
      The BSHS John Pickstone Prize, awarded every two years to the best scholarly history of science book written in English


      Presidents


      1946–48 Charles Joseph Singer
      1949–51 J. R. Partington
      1951–53 Frank Sherwood Taylor
      1953–55 H. Hamshaw Thomas
      1955–57 Herbert Dingle
      1957–62 E. Ashworth Underwood
      1962–64 Thomas Martin
      1964–66 Alistair Cameron Crombie
      1966–68 Alfred Rupert Hall
      1968–70 G. J. Whitrow
      1970–72 W. P. D. Wightman
      1972–74 John Anthony Chaldecott
      1974–76 Maurice P. Crosland
      1976–78 D. W. Waters
      1978–80 William Hodson Brock
      1980–82 Robert Fox (historian)
      1982–84 Jack B. Morrell
      1984–86 Gerard L'Estrange Turner
      1986–88 Colin A. Russell
      1988–90 Robert G. W. Anderson
      1990–92 Hugh S. Torrens
      1992–94 Geoffrey Cantor
      1994–96 D. M. Knight
      1996–98 John Hedley Brooke
      1998–2000 Ludmilla Jordanova
      2000–01 James Arthur Bennett
      2002–03 Janet Browne
      2004–06 Peter Bowler
      2006–08 Frank James
      2008–09 Jeff Hughes
      2010–12 Sally Horrocks
      2012–14 Hasok Chang
      2014‒16 Gregory Radick
      2016–18 Patricia Fara
      2018–20 Tim Boon
      2020–22 Charlotte Sleigh
      2022–24 James A. Secord
      2024–present Chiara Ambrosio


      Wikipedia


      The society hosted an editathon at their annual conference in July 2015 at Swansea, which included wiki–skills training, and which resulted in better content on British scientists on Wikipedia.


      References




      External links


      Official website

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