John Hedley Brooke (born 1944) is a British

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specialising in the

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Biography

Born on 20 May 1944, Brooke is the son of Hedley Joseph Brooke, and Margaret Brooke, née Brown. He was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School,

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, then

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. On 30 August 1972, he married Janice Marian Heffer."Prof John Hedley Brooke." Debrett's People of Today. Debrett's Peerage Ltd., 2008. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC

Academic career

He was a Research Fellow at Fitzwilliam College from 1967 to 1968, then a Tutorial Fellow at the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

from 1968 to 1969. He was on the faculty of

Lancaster University , mottoeng = Truth lies open to all , established = , endowment = £13.9 million , budget = £317.9 million , type = Public , city = Bailrigg, City of Lancaster , country = England , coor = , campus = Bailrigg , faculty ...

from 1969 to 1999, rising from

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to Professor of History of Science. With Geoffrey Cantor he gave the

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at the

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in 1995. He was appointed the first Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at

The University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

in 1999, where he directed the

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Centre and was a Fellow of

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. After his retirement in 2006, he became an Emeritus Fellow of Harris Manchester College and was a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study in the

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in 2007. He was the editor of the ''British Journal for the History of Science'' from 1989 to 1993. He was the president of the

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from 1996 to 1998, and has been the president of Science and Religion Forum since 2006. He was also the president of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) from 2008 to 2011.Presidents
, International Society for Science and Religion. Retrieved on 2009-6-25 Brooke was subsequently made an Honorary Fellow (HonFISSR). Evaluations of John Hedley Brooke's contribution to the historiography of "science and religion" can be found in: ''Science and Religion: New Historical Perspectives'' (ed. T Dixon, G N Cantor and S Pumfrey) 2010 and ''Rethinking History, Science and Religion: An Exploration of Conflict and the Complexity Principle'' (ed. B Lightman) 2019

Publications

Books

*'' Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives'' (1991 and 2014) *''Thinking About Matter'' (1995) *''Reconstructing Nature: The Engagement of Science and Religion'' (with G. N. Cantor, 1998) *''Science in Theistic Contexts'' (ed. 2001) *''Heterodoxy in Early Modern Science and Religion'' (ed. 2005) *''Religious Values and the Rise of Science in Europe'' (ed. 2005) *''Science & Religion around the World'' (ed. 2011) Other publications number more than one hundred journal articles and book chapters including contributions to:The Cambridge Companion to Darwin; The Cambridge Companion to the "Origin of Species"; The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science; The Oxford Handbook of Nineteenth-Century British Philosophy; The Oxford Handbook of the Reception History of the Bible; The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology (editorial consultant)

References

External links

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International Society for Science and Religion * Biographical Recorded history: Catalogue Ref: C1672/08 Hedley Brooke, John http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Science {{DEFAULTSORT:Brooke, John Hedley 1944 births Academics of Durham University Academics of Lancaster University Academics of the University of Sussex Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Fellows of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Fellows of Harris Manchester College, Oxford Living people Members of the International Society for Science and Religion People educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Retford Writers about religion and science