Simon Schaffer. He is a professor of the history and philosophy of science

History and philosophy of science

The history and philosophy of science is an academic discipline that encompasses the philosophy of science and the history of science. Although many scholars in the field are trained primarily as either historians or as philosophers, there are degree-granting departments of HPS at several...

 at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge

The Department of History and Philosophy of Science , of the University of Cambridge is the largest department of History and Philosophy of Science in the United Kingdom. It received a maximum rating of 4* for the majority of its submissions to the RAE 2008 Research Assessment Exercise...

 at Cambridge University

University of Cambridge

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 and was until recently editor of The British Journal for the History of Science.
Schaffer was born in Southampton and attended Varndean Grammar School for Boys (now Varndean College

Varndean College

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) in Brighton. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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 and went to Harvard

Harvard University

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 as a Kennedy Scholar. He previously taught at Imperial College London

Imperial College London

Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...

 and UCLA. He is also a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur.