James A. Secord
- January 11, 2024
- Historian
Quick Facts
| Full Name | James A. Secord |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 18, 1953(1953-03-18) |
| Age | 71 |
| Birthplace | Madison |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | Wisconsin |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
James A. Secord Biography
| Birthday | Mar 18 |
| Birth Year | 1953 |
James A. Secord is one of the most popular and richest Historian who was born on March 18, 1953 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
Secord’s first book, based upon his Ph.D. research, was Controversy in Victorian Geology: The Cambrian-Silurian Dispute (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986). He followed it with Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), which was awarded the Pfizer Prize by the History of Science Society for best book in history of science, 2002.. His most recent book was Visions of Science: Books and Readers at the Dawn of the Victorian Age (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014). He has also edited numerous volumes and been a contributor to many more.
Secord was born in Madison, Wisconsin. After attending Pomona College, he received a Fulbright–Hays grant to study in the United Kingdom. He completed his Ph.D. in the history of science at Princeton University (1976–81). His dissertation was entitled “Cambria/Siluria: The Anatomy of a Victorian Geological Debate” and his adviser was Charles Coulston Gillispie. After postdoctoral fellowships at University College London and at Churchill College in Cambridge, he taught history of science at Imperial College from 1985 to
- In 1992 he began teaching in Cambridge.
James A. Secord Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Historian |
| House | Living in own house. |
James A. Secord is one of the richest Historian from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James A. Secord 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
James Andrew Secord (born 18 March 1953) is an American-born historian. He is a professor of history and philosophy of science within the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of Christ’s College. He is also the director (since 2006) of the project to publish the complete Correspondence of Charles Darwin. Secord is especially well-known for his award-winning work on the reception of the anonymous Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, a pioneering evolutionary book first published in 1844.
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