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Rosemary Cresswell is a historian who specializes in the history of health, humanitarianism, and charity voluntarism from around 1850 to 2020. She serves as Departmental Lecturer in Lifelong Learning (History) at the University of Oxford's Department for Continuing Education. Rosemary obtained her MSc in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology from Imperial College London and her PhD from University College London, focusing on the history of infectious diseases. Before joining Oxford in 2024, she held postdoctoral positions and temporary lectureships at several prestigious institutions, including King’s College London and Imperial College London. Her research includes notable projects such as 'Border Crossings: Charity Voluntarism in Britain’s Mixed Economy of Health Care 1948', funded by the Wellcome Trust. Rosemary's notable works include the book 'Bacteria in Britain, 1880-1939' and she is currently under contract with Bloomsbury for a book on the 'History of the British Red Cross, 1870-2020'. She has written extensively for academic journals and also serves on the executive committee of the Society for the Social History of Medicine. Her contributions have significantly informed the understanding of the intersections between health and charity in modern British history.
University of Oxford • Oxford, ENG
Teaching and conducting research in the field of Lifelong Learning with a focus on History.
University of Warwick • Warwick, ENG
Conducted research on various projects related to history.
University of Hull • Hull, ENG
Taught courses and supervised research in Global History.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.