Biography

University of New Brunswick - History

Professor, Dept. of History (ret) at University of New Brunswick
Steve
Turner
New Brunswick, Canada
Originally from North Carolina, I trained as an historian of science during the 1960s and spent a career in teaching and research at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, Canada, as a member of the UNB History Department. I retired in 2010 but continue to work with the University as Chair of the Research Ethics Board on the Fredericton campus.

I have published on the history of German universities as centers for scientific and scholarly research, and on the career of Hermann von Helmholtz and his disputes with Ewald Hering over the nature of visual perception, More recently my interests have shifted toward contemporary science studies and technology-and-society issues. I have published on the history of plant pathology as an applied science, especially on research into the late blight of potatoes, and on the impact of molecularization on plant pathology since the 1970s, and on the career of John Niederhauser.

My extra-curricular interests include sailing and a long-standing commitment to humane work. I serve as President of the New Brunswick Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.