Professor Emeritus
of History of Science and European History
At Galileo’s villa in Bellosguardo above Florence
Frederick Gregory came to the University of Florida in 1978. He is primarily known for his books and articles on the history of science and religion in Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, particularly as it reflects the larger cultural setting in which it is embedded. His two-volume undergraduate textbook, Natural Science in Western History, was published in 2007.
He holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Wheaton College in Illinois, a B.D. (Bachelor of Divinity) from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, an M.A. in the History of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Ph.D. in the History of Science from Harvard University.
Professor Gregory has received numerous grants for research in his field, including an Alexander von Humboldt grant from the German government and a fellowship from the Dibner Institute for the History of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was awarded the 2009 Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize for excellence in education from the History of Science Society. He also won the University of Florida’s John Mahon Teaching Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching, as well as the Norman Wilensky Graduate Teaching Award. He has provided commentary for the American production of the television series The Day the Universe Changed. He served as the president of the History of Science Society from 1995-1996.
Past President of the History of Science Society
Corresponding Member of the International Academy of the History of Science
Lecturer for The Great Courses
