Frank Arthur John Lord James#
Membership Number: | 3395 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
Elected: | 2012 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present Professor of the History of Science, University College London
- 2004 - 2019 Professor of History of Science, the Royal Institution
- 1997 - 2004 Reader in History of Science, the Royal Institution
- 1986 - 1997 Lecturer in History of Science, the Royal Institution
- 1982 - 1986 Research Fellow in History of Science, the Royal Institution
- 1981 - 1982 Research Fellow in the Science Education Department, Institute of Education, University of London
- 2007 - present Visiting Professor of the History of Science at University College London
Fields of Scholarship
- Michael Faraday
- History of the Royal Institution
- Nineteenth century science
- How scientific knowledge is applied
- Relationship of science with other areas of society and culture
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Académie Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences (Corresponding Member)
- 2010 Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers (Freeman)
- 2009 Conseil international des monuments et des sites (ICOMOS) (UK Member)
- 1981 The Royal Astronomical Society (Fellow)