Trevor Harvey Levere

Trevor Harvey Levere (1944–2022) was an English-born, Canadian historian of science, specializing in the history of chemistry. He was the author of six books and the coauthor of three books.

Biography After graduating from St Paul's School, London, Levere matriculated in 1962 at the University of Oxford. As an undergraduate, he enjoyed reading about the history of science as presented in the work of Herbert Butterfield, Henry Leicester, and Thomas Kuhn. Levere received his B.A. in chemistry in 1966. At Oxford, Levered graduated in 1969 with a Ph.D. in the history of science. His thesis supervisor was A. C. Crombie. Levere's Ph.D. thesis, published in 1971 with the title Affinity and Matter: Elements of Chemical Philosophy 1800–1865, remains an important reference for historians of chemistry. the history of science in Canada, and the history of arctic exploration. He published more than 80 refereed articles or book chapters.

Levere was the editor or co-editor of several books. He served in various editorial capacities for several journals — most notably at the editor from 1999 to 2013 of the journal Annals of Science. He held Visiting Fellowships in France (1981, Centre national de recherché scientifique, Paris), in the UK (1983, Clare Hall, Cambridge); in the USA (1995, Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology, MIT); and in Spain (2006, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona). He also held short-term fellowships in Japan (2004, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) and in Germany (2006 & 2007, University of Göttingen). In 1985 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. In 2017 a festschrift was published in Levere's honour.

Selected publications Articles (See Michael Faraday.)

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Books

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