Lauren Kassell
Lauren Kassell is Professor of History of Science and Medicine at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Since September 2021, she is on leave from Cambridge to serve as the Professor in History of Science at the European University Institute. She completed a doctorate at the University of Oxford in 1997. She is known for her work on the history of astrology and medicine in early modern England.
Kassell directed the Casebooks project to digitise the medical records of the astrologers Simon Forman and Richard Napier, one of the largest sets of early modern medical records. Kassell was the historical consultant for the 2019 video game Astrologaster, based on her work on Simon Forman.
Broadcasts
- BBC Radio 4 In Our Time 24 February 2005.
- BBC Radio 4 In Our Time 14 June 2007.
- BBC Radio 4 In Our Time 28 October 2010.