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Robert N. Proctor

American historian · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1954 · age 72

Robert Neel Proctor is an American historian of science and Professor of the History of Science at Stanford University, where he is also Professor by courtesy of Pulmonary Medicine.

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Guggenheim Fellowship

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While a professor of the history of science at Pennsylvania State University in 1999, he became the first historian to testify against the tobacco industry.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1954 · age 72

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