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Frank Snowden, DPhil

Andrew Downey Orrick Professor Emeritus of History

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History of Medicine

333 Cedar Street, Sterling Hall of Medicine, L132

New Haven, CT 06520

United States

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Andrew Downey Orrick Professor Emeritus of History

Biography

Professor Snowden received his B.A. from Harvard in 1968, and his B.Phil and D.Phil. from Oxford University in 1972 and 1975. He has taught at London University from 1978 until 1991 and at Yale since 1991. His research interests include: the comparative history of epidemic diseases; the history of public health; the impact of emerging and resurgent diseases; issues in medical ethics; and bioterrorism. He is currently Chair of the Program in the History of Science and Medicine.

His teaching areas are the history of infectious diseases, the history of public health, and the intellectual history of medicine.

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Education & Training

DPhil
Oxford University (1975)
BC
Oxford University (1972)
BA
Harvard (1968)

Research

Overview

Frank Snowden is the Andrew Downey Orrick professor of history and professor and chair of history of science and medicine. His research focuses on the history of epidemic diseases and their impact on society. Dr. Snowden studies the comparative history of epidemic diseases, the history of public health, the impact of emerging and resurgent diseases, issues in medical ethics and bioterrorism. Dr. Snowden is also a scholar of Italian history and of European social and political history, and examines the societal impact and the progression of malaria in Italy and in Europe during the twentieth century.

Dr. Snowden received his D.Phil. from Oxford University. He served as a resident at the American Academy in Rome and is a member of the American Historical Association and the American Association for the History of Medicine. Dr. Snowden is a recipient of the Gustav Ranis Prize from the MacMillan Center at Yale, the Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize from the American Historical Association, the Malaria Foundation International award and the William Henry Welch Medal from the American Association for the History of Medicine.Dr. Snowden's current research projects are the history of epidemic diseases and their impact on society; the global crisis of malaria; and the history of emerging and reemerging diseases.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Global Health; History; History of Medicine

Research at a Glance

Publications Timeline

A big-picture view of Frank Snowden's research output by year.
7Publications

Publications

2008

2006

  • The Conquest of Malaria: Italy, 1900 - 1962
    The Conquest of Malaria: Italy, 1900 - 1962 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006).
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2002

  • Disastro! Disasters in Italy since 1860
    edited with John Dickie and John Foot, Disastro! Disasters in Italy since 1860 (New York: Palgrave, 2002)
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

1995

  • Naples in the Times of Cholera
    Naples in the Times of Cholera, 1884 - 1911 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995)
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

1989

  • The Fascist Revolution in Tuscany, 1919 - 1922
    The Fascist Revolution in Tuscany, 1919 - 1922 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989)
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

1984

  • Violence and Great Estates in the South of Italy: Apulia, 1900 - 1922
    Violence and Great Estates in the South of Italy: Apulia, 1900 - 1922 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

Others

  • Malaria In Italy: Professor Snowden completed a history of the Italian national program to eradicate malaria, 1900 - 1962
    Malaria In Italy: Professor Snowden completed a history of the Italian national program to eradicate malaria, 1900 - 1962. The project resulted in a book, The Conquest of Malaria: Italy, 1900-1962. The research for this project involved collaboration with historians of medicine and malariologists at the University of Rome.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    Epidemic Diseases in the west since 1600

  • honor

    William Henry Welch Medal

  • honor

    Gustav Ranis Prize

  • honor

    Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize

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History of Medicine

333 Cedar Street, Sterling Hall of Medicine, L132

New Haven, CT 06520

United States