W. F. Bynum

British historian of medicine

William Frederick Bynum (born 20 May 1943) is a British emeritus professor in history of medicine.^[1][2] For most of his career, he has worked at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London (UCL).^[3]

Bynum was educated at Swarthmore College, Yale University, and King's College, Cambridge, where he received his PhD in 1974.^[4] Based at UCL since 1973, he frequently collaborated with British historian Roy Porter.^[3][5]

The William Bynum Essay Prize is awarded annually by the journal Medical History.^[6]

Selected publications

• The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction
• Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century
• as editor with Helen Bynum, Great Discoveries in Medicine, 2011 LCCN 2011-922602 ISBN 0500251800
• as editor with Roy Porter and Michael Shepherd, The Anatomy of Madness: Essays in the History of Psychiatry (3 Vols). LCCN 85-9824; ISBN 9780415323826; brief description of 3 volumes at Routledge
• as coauthor with Anne Hardy, Stephen Jacyna, Christopher Lawrence, and E. M. Tansey, The Western Medical Tradition: 1800-2000, 2006 LCCN 2005-22914 Bynum, W. F. (20 March 2006). 2006 pbk edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521475651.
• as editor with Roy Porter, Medicine and the Five Senses. 1993 ISBN 0-521-36114-1; based on a Symposium on Medicine and the Five Senses, held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine on 11-12 June 1987
• as editor with Roy Porter, William Hunter and the Eighteenth-Century Medical World, 1985 LCCN 84-21378 ISBN 0521268060 Bynum, W. F.; Porter, Roy (27 June 2002). 2002 pbk edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52517-9.
• A Little History of Science
• Hope: A New Beginning (An A. Gąsiewski Biography)

References

1. "Bynum, W. F. (William F.), 1943-". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
2. Bhattacharya, S (January 2013). "A prize as a salutation". Medical History. 57 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1017/mdh.2012.76. PMC 3566752. PMID 23393398.
3. "W. F. Bynum books and biography - Waterstones". Waterstones.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
4. "BYNUM, Prof. William Frederick". Who's Who. Vol. 2024 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
5. "William F. Bynum - Author - Yale University Press". Yalebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
6. "William Bynum Essay Prize". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 23 June 2023.