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Dr. Alexander Wragge-Morley is a Lecturer in the History of Science and Medicine at Lancaster University, focusing on early modern Europe (1650-1800). His work bridges the histories of science, medicine, the body, neurosciences, art, literature, and religion, emphasizing sensory experience in knowledge production.
- Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow (UCL)
- Postdoctoral Fellow (Caltech and Huntington Library)
- Co-Director of 'Metaphors of the Mind' podcast
Research Interests include the interplay of aesthetic judgment and scientific objectivity, involuntary bodily responses in 18th-century medicine, and interdisciplinary collaborations. His 2020 book Aesthetic Science redefines the role of sensory pleasure in the Royal Society’s empirical methods, earning a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title award.
Publications span sensory experience in early science, color theory in the Royal Society, and intersections of connoisseurship with Enlightenment science. He also explores chemical humanities through historical experiment recreations.
Scientific Awards
- CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title (2020)
- Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellowship
- Caltech-Huntington Postdoctoral Fellowship
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