http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/history/staff/withey/
I am an (award winning!) academic historian of early modern medicine and social history, AHRC/BBC ‘New Generation Thinker’, and senior lecturer in History at the University of Exeter. I’m currently working on a major new project ‘Do Beards Matter? Facial Hair, Health and Hygiene, 1700-1918’, funded by a fellowship from the Wellcome Trust.
My previous research explored the history of medicine in early modern Wales, and I was an associate research fellow on another Wellcome-funded project ‘The Medical World of England, Ireland and Wales, 1550-1715’, also at Exeter. I’ve been a lecturer in history at Swansea University, where I taught a variety of courses on early modern Britain. Current research interests include medical technologies of the 18th century, and especially razors and shaving and their link to constructions of masculinity and politeness.
My second book ‘Technology, Self-Fashioning and Politeness in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Refined Bodies’, was published in December 2015 by Palgrave Macmillan.
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p.s. Some people seem to have trouble contacting me so here is my Exeter University email address: A.Withey@exeter.ac.uk
Hello, I read one of your articles trying to understand what an apothecary actually did. In it was a reference to the ” deed and detail of fines relating to Gabriel Lloyd”. I believe this mn was an ancestor of mine in oswestry, I have struggled to find the reference, and would love to know what he did. Do you know where I might find it, or even have a digitised copy? Thanks in advance for what ever help you can give and sorry for not being the high academic praise the work surely deserves. I did enjoy reading it though.
Dear Matthew,
Thanks very much for your message: can you send me your email address to A.Withey@swansea.ac.uk and I can reply in more detail?
All the best
Alun
Hi, Dr. Withey,
I’ve nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award here: http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/very-inspiring-blogger-award/
That’s very kind of you; thank you very much indeed!
Hi Alun, I’m grilling you on the book at Hay. How do I get hold of a copy? Best wishes, Jasper
I just wanted to let you know that I have nominated you for the Premio Dardos Award. You can click here for the details: https://beyondtheflow.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/accepting-the-premio-dardos-award/ xx Rowena from Beyond the Flow.
Dr. Withey,
I own an archive of three pieces pertaining to Dr. Edward Browne FRS [1644-1708]. It includes a portrait on oak panel done between 1669 and 1703 as well as a stipple engraving of the portrait done in 1801 by Harding. The last piece is a hand written letter blowing off a date to see King William III because he will be on a road trip ! I would like very much to share photos with you and your readers.
Dear Mr Manning,
Absolutely – these sound amazing. Would you mind emailing me at A.Withey@exeter.ac.uk, and we can look to put a post up about them.
Thanks again for getting in touch
Alun
Dr. Withey If you could contact me at sanfordbmanning@aol.com it would be easier for me to send over the photos & information. Just getting back to my PC. Thank you for the reply. Regards, Sanford Manning