Heinrich von Staden (historian)

Heinrich von Staden (born 1939) is a South African historian and classical scholar who has written several books and hundreds of articles and encyclopedia entries on ancient medicine, ancient philosophy, the history of science, and comparative literature.[1] He is one of the world's foremost authorities on ancient science and medicine and has contributed to the transformation of the history of the subject in the period from the fifth century B.C.to the fifth century A.D.[2] His monumental book Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria is considered the standard in the field.[3][4] Von Staden is a 1961 graduate of Yale College and got his Ph.D. at the University of Tübingen in 1968.[5] He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a former president of the Society for Ancient Medicine[1] Since 1998 von Staden has been a Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
Heinrich von Staden (author)Yale CollegeUniversity of TübingenYale UniversityUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of CalabriaCalifornia Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Texas at AustinFellow of the British AcademyAcadémie des Inscriptions et Belles-LettresFinnish Academy of ScienceGöttingen AcademyAmerican Philosophical SocietyInstitute for Advanced StudyThe Classical Review