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David Edgerton FBA (born 16 April 1959) is an English historian and educator. He was educated at
St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to pr ...
, and
Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a ...
. After teaching the economics of science and technology and the history of science and technology at the
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, he became the founding director of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at Imperial College, London, and Hans Rausing Professor. He has held a Major Research Fellowship (2006–2009) from the
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. In 2013, he led the move of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine to the Department of History of King's College London. Edgerton's books include ''Warfare State: Britain 1920–1970'' (Cambridge, 2005) and '' The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900'' (Profile, 2006). Edgerton was elected a
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of the
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