Adam Richter

 Adam Richter

Adam Richter

  • Courses2
  • Reviews3

Biography

University of Toronto St. George Campus - History


Resume

  • 2016

    I have developed the program

    have raised funding

    and will present my research at this international workshop marking the 400th anniversary of the birth of John Wallis.

    John Wallis at 400: A Workshop on Science

    Mathematics

    and Religion in Seventeenth-Century England

    Conference Presentations

    Archival Research

    Blogging

    University Teaching

    Tutorials

    Teaching

    Lecturing

    Research

    Public Speaking

    Literature Reviews

    Academic Writing

    Time Management

    Guest Lecturing

    Review of The Astronomer and the Witch by Ulinka Rublack

    Review of The Astronomer and the Witch by Ulinka Rublack

    Special issue of Notes and Records examining the multifaceted career of John Wallis (1616-1703)

    edited by me and Stephen Snobelen.

    John Wallis at 400: Science

    Mathematics

    and Religion in Seventeenth-Century England

    Review of Science and Religion: A Historical Introduction

    2nd ed.

    edited by Gary Ferngren

    On food and fossils: natural philosophy

    mathematics

    and biblical history in the works of John Wallis

    On food and fossils: natural philosophy

    mathematics

    and biblical history in the works of John Wallis

    Master's Thesis: Priority and Nationalism: The Royal Society’s International Priority Disputes

    1660-1700

    Report on 2013 CSHPS conference

    John Wallis and the Catholics: confessional and theological antagonism in Wallis's mathematics and philosophy

    Yiftach Fehige

    Review of Augustine and Science

    eds. John Doody

    Adam Goldstein and Kim Paffenroth

    My research explores the history of science and religion. My dissertation investigates the career of John Wallis (1606-1703)

    the English mathematician

    natural philosopher

    minister

    and linguist.

    Adam

    Richter

    University of Toronto

    Dalhousie University

    University of King's College

    University of Toronto Mississauga

    Dalhousie University

    Brain Power Enrichment Programs Ltd.

    Gateway to Early Modern Manuscript Sermons

    Contributed to GEMMS

    an online database of early modern sermons.

    Gateway to Early Modern Manuscript Sermons

    Course Instructor and Teaching Assistant

    My course instructorships have included “History of Science and Religion\" and \"Scientific Revolutions I\"

    a survey course on the history of science from antiquity to 1800. It has also included several teaching assistant positions

    two years of course work in the history and philosophy of science

    a specialist exam

    and language training in French

    Latin

    and German. In addition

    I have worked as the head copy-editor for the department's journal run by graduate students

    Spontaneous Generations

    and as a researcher for the University of Toronto Scientific Instruments Collection

    to determine the provenance and purpose of scientific instruments used throughout the history of the university.

    University of Toronto

    Sessional Instructor

    Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences

    University of Toronto Mississauga

    Teaching Asssistant

    Department of History

    Dalhousie University

    University of King's College

    Halifax

    Canada Area

    History of Science and Technology Program

    Teaching Assistant

    Toronto

    Canada Area

    Teaching Language Arts to high-achieving and gifted students

    ranging from elementary school to high school.

    Associate Instructor

    Brain Power Enrichment Programs Ltd.

    Halifax

    Nova Scotia

    Faculty of Computer Science

    Teaching Assistant

    Dalhousie University

  • 2013

    -investigated the purpose and provenance of historical scientific instruments owned by science departments at the University of Toronto\n-worked with graduate students in the Museum Studies program to design instrument exhibitions: “Science in Colour” (2014) and “Staging Science” (2015)\n-maintained archive related to the history of the collection

    University of Toronto Scientific Instruments Collection (UTSIC)

  • 2011

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

    History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

    University of Toronto

  • 2010

    English

    Latin

    French

    Master of Arts (M.A.)

    History

  • 2006

    Ancaster High School

    Specialized Hons. BA

    History

    Radio Glendon

    York University - Glendon College

  • Co-ordinated with authors and editors to copy-edit all papers in the 2018 issue of Spontaneous Generations.

    Spontaneous Generations

HPS 326

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