Susannah Gibson

Susannah Gibson is a historian specialising in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with a particular focus on history of science and women’s history. Recent books include ***Bluestockings*** (John Murray, 2024) which explores the lives of the pioneering eighteenth-century women who advocated for female education and argued that women were capable of rational thought, and ***The Spirit of Inquiry*** (Oxford University Press, 2019) which tells the story of how science changed from a fringe activity pursued by eccentrics into the behemoth we know today. Susannah began her career in academia and has degrees in experimental physics and history as well as a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge. Since 2015, she has been writing popular history books full time.

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