Professor Lorraine Daston FBA

History of science, 16th-19th centuries.: probability and statistics; scientific observation; objectivity; formal theories of rationality
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2010
Subjects
History

Current post

Director, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science; Visiting Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, The University of Chicago

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Lynn Hunt FBA

French Revolution of 1789; historical methods and epistemology; cultural history; human rights

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Dr Nicholas Rodger FBA

Medieval History - Medieval Studies Modern History History of a specific country British Naval History from 6th C. War Studies

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Professor Dr Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger FBA

Cultural and political history of Early Modern Europe, particularly the Holy Roman Empire

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