The Medical World of Early Modern England, Wales and Ireland, c. 1500-1715. (360G-Wellcome-097782_Z_11_Z)

£923,122

This project will develop and make public a groundbreaking database with biographies of all medical practitioners active in England, Wales and Ireland c.1500-1715, which will then be used to produce the first all-round study of the nature and impact of medical practice in early modern Britain, to be published as a major monograph by a leading university press. The database will build on a prototype already created by Dr Peter Elmer, a senior researcher on the project (which already includes much of the necessary coverage for England, and some material for Wales and Ireland), to which will be added information from existing databases of other scholars, notably Dr Margaret Pelling, and from family and local history groups. Research assistants with expertise in Welsh and Irish sources/languages will be employed to ensure full coverage of those countries. The database (hosted initially by the Centre for Medical History (CMH) at Exeter) will be developed as a permanent online resource, link ed to other existing online resources, with the facility for others to add to the database under controlled arrangements. The project researchers, together with other CMH staff (directed by Professor Barry), will analyse the data on medical practitioners to produce the first comprehensive analysis of early modern British medical practitioners. This will explore not only their education, career patterns and medical activities, but also their major contribution to science, the arts, business, reli gious and political thought, revealing the key contribution of medical practitioners to the revolutionary changes in Britains place in the world.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 923122
Applicant Surname Barry
Approval Committee Humanities and Social Science Selection Panel
Award Date 2012-01-31T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2011/12
Grant Programme: Title Investigator Award in H&SS
Internal ID 097782/Z/11/Z
Lead Applicant Prof Jonathan Barry
Partnership Value 923122
Planned Dates: End Date 2018-08-31T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2012-09-01T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region South West