Andrew Scull

Andrew T. Scull (born 1947) is a British-born sociologist whose research is centered on the social history of medicine and particularly psychiatry. He is a distinguished professor of sociology and science studies at University of California, San Diego, and recipient of the Roy Porter Medal for lifetime contributions to the history of medicine.[1] His books include Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine and Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity.

Andrew T. Scull
Born1947
Edinburgh, Scotland
Education
OccupationProfessor of Sociology and Science Studies, University of California, San Diego
Known forWritings on the social history of psychiatry

Life and career

Scull was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of Allan Edward Scull, a civil engineer and Marjorie née Corrigan, a college teacher. He received his BA with first-class honors from Balliol College, Oxford. He then studied at Princeton University, receiving his MA in sociology in 1971 and his Ph.D. in 1974. He was a postdoc at University College London in 1976–77.[2]

Scull taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1973 until 1978, when he was appointed to the sociology faculty at University of California, San Diego, as an associate professor. He was appointed a full professor in 1982, and distinguished professor in 1994.[2]

Books

Scull's first book, Decarceration: Community Treatment and the Deviant – A Radical View was published in 1977 by Prentice-Hall.[3] A revised version of his Princeton doctoral dissertation, Museums of Madness: The Social Organization of Insanity in 19th Century England, was published in 1979 by Allen Lane (London) and St. Martin's Press (New York).[4] Scull's later books include Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine (Yale University Press, 2005); Hysteria: The Biography (Oxford University Press, 2009);[lower-alpha 1] and Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity (Princeton University Press, 2015).[5][6][7][8]

Notes
  1. The 2011 paperback version was entitled Hysteria: The Disturbing History

References
  1. University of California, San Diego. Faculty biography: Andrew Scull Archived 2016-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Peacock, Scot (ed.) (2003). "Scull, Andrew, 1947". Contemporary Authors New Revision Series. Gale Group. Online version retrieved via Highbeam Research 26 December 2016 (subscription required).
  3. Speiglman, Richard (Spring-Summer 1979). "Review: Decarceration, Andrew Scull". Crime and Social Justice, No. 11, pp. 67-70. Retrieved via JSTOR 26 December 2016 (subscription required).
  4. OCLC 901048862
  5. McGrath, Patrick (29 May 2005). "'Madhouse': Nonelective Surgery". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  6. Casper, Stephen T. (2010). Review: Andrew Scull, Hysteria: The Biography. Social History of Medicine, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 692-693. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 26 December 2016 (subscription required for full access).
  7. Wise, Sarah (20 March 2015). "Review: Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity’, by Andrew Scull". Financial Times. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  8. Catling, Patrick Skene (4 April 2015). "Back to Bedlam". The Spectator. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
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