Keir Waddington
Keir Waddington 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.
Waddington is from Chichester and attended Chichester High School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of East Anglia and a Master of Arts and a PhD from University College London. Waddington married Katherine Weikert, American historian at the University of Winchester, in her home of Indiana in September 2022.
Selected publications
An introduction to the social history of medicine: Europe since 1500. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2011.The bovine scourge: neat, tuberculosis and public health, 1850-1914. Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2006.Medical education at St. Bartholomew's hospital, 1123 - 1995. Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2003.Charity and the London Hospitals, 1850-1898. Boydell & Brewer, Woodbridge, 2000. Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series.