Robert N. Proctor
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Robert Neel Proctor is an American historian of science and Professor of the History of Science at Stanford University
. While a professor of the history of science at Pennsylvania State University
in 1999, he became the first historian to testify against the tobacco industry
.
At Pennsylvania State University
, he and his wife, Londa Schiebinger
, co-directed the Science, Medicine and Technology in Culture Program for nine years. The couple met at Harvard, where they earned their master's and doctoral degrees in 1977 and 1984, respectively.
He coined the term "agnotology
" to describe the study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. While a professor of the history of science at Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
in 1999, he became the first historian to testify against the tobacco industry
Tobacco industry
The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products. It is a global industry; tobacco can grow in any warm, moist environment, which means it can be farmed on all...
.
At Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
, he and his wife, Londa Schiebinger
Londa Schiebinger
Londa Schiebinger is a historian of science specialising in research on the relationship between gender and science. She is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science, and the Barbara D. Finberg Director of the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University.She...
, co-directed the Science, Medicine and Technology in Culture Program for nine years. The couple met at Harvard, where they earned their master's and doctoral degrees in 1977 and 1984, respectively.
He coined the term "agnotology
Agnotology
Agnotology is the study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data. The neologism was coined by Robert N...
" to describe the study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.
External links
- The Agateer
- Anti-Agate: The Great Diamond Hoax and the Semiprecious Stone Scam
- Nazi Medicine and Public Health Policy
- Rendez-vous with Robert Proctor
- The anti-tobacco campaign of the Nazis: a little known aspect of public health in Germany, 1933-45
- Commentary: Schairer and Schöniger's forgotten tobacco epidemiology and the Nazi quest for racial purity
- Historical Reconstruction of Tobacco and Health in the U.S., 1954-1994