Keir Waddington

Keir Waddington (born 1970) is professor of history at Cardiff University. He is a specialist in medical, urban, and environmental history. He is the joint editor of the Social Histories of Medicine monograph series. He previously held a post at the Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicine, working with Roy Porter on The History of Bethlehem, and had a fellowship at St Bartholomew's Hospital.[1]

Early and personal life

Waddington is from Chichester and attended Chichester High School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History from the University of East Anglia and a Master of Arts (MA) and a PhD from University College London (UCL). Waddington married Katherine Weikert, American historian at the University of Winchester, in her home of Indiana in September 2022.[2]

Selected publications
  • An introduction to the social history of medicine: Europe since 1500. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2011.[3]
  • The bovine scourge: neat, tuberculosis and public health, 1850-1914. Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2006.[4]
  • Medical education at St. Bartholomew's hospital, 1123 - 1995. Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2003.[5]
  • Charity and the London Hospitals, 1850-1898. Boydell & Brewer, Woodbridge, 2000. Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series.[6]

References
  1. "Professor Keir Waddington - People". Cardiff University. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. "Katherine Weikert and Keir Waddington". Dubois County Herald. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  3. Hurren, E. T. (8 November 2012). "Keir Waddington, An Introduction to the Social History of Medicine, Europe since 1500". Social History of Medicine. 26 (1): 147–148. doi:10.1093/shm/hks095.
  4. Keir, Waddington (1 February 2006). "The bovine scourge: neat, tuberculosis and public health, 1850-1914". Orca.cf.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. Lawrence, Christopher (2004). "Keir Waddington, Medical education at St Bartholomew's Hospital 1123–1995, Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 2003, pp. xii, 464, illus., £45.00 (hardback 0-85115-919-2)". Medical History. 48 (2): 267–268. doi:10.1017/S0025727300007481.
  6. "Charity and the London Hospitals, 1850-1898 - Boydell and Brewer". Boydellandbrewer.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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