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Francis Romeril Maddison (27 July 1927 – 12 July 2006) was an English historian and Arabist. He was Curator of the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford, England. Francis Maddison was born in Hounslow, London, England. He was educated at and Exeter College, Oxford, where he initially studied Modern Languages and then changed to Modern History. In 1965, he was made a Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford, becoming an Emeritus Fellow in 1994. He was the second president of the , founded in 1987 by Jean Gimpel.

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  • Francis Romeril Maddison (* 27. Juli 1927 in Hounslow, London; † 12. Juli 2006) war ein britischer Wissenschaftshistoriker. Maddison studierte moderne Sprachen und Geschichte an der Universität Oxford (Exeter College). Als Student nahm er an Ausgrabungen unter Richard J. C. Atkinson teil und 1949 an der Expedition der British School of Rome nach Leptis Magna. Danach wurde er Archivar in Glamorgan County und in Warwickshire, bevor er Hilfskurator am Museum of the History of Science unter Kurt Josten wurde. Josten lernte ihn kennen anlässlich einer Ausstellung über William Dugdale, die Maddison vorbereitete (Dugdale war Geschichtsschreiber von Warwickshire County und Schwiegervater von Elias Ashmole, an dessen Biographie Josten arbeitete), und lud ihn an sein Museum als Hilfkurator ein, statt wie beabsichtigt Archivist bei Oxford University Press zu werden.1964 wurde er dessen Nachfolger als Kurator, was er bis zur Pensionierung 1994 blieb. Gleichzeitig war er Fellow des Linacre College in Oxford. Er lernte noch von seinem Vater Grundlagen des Arabischen und bildete sich durch die Beschäftigung mit den zahlreichen Astrolabien am History of Science Museum zu einem Arabisten fort. Er befasste sich mit Zeitmessung, Uhren, arabischen Astrolabien (Anfang der 1970er Jahre deckte er Fälschungen von diesen auf, die auf den Londoner Antiquitätenmarkt kamen) und früher Navigation. Ab Anfang der 1970er Jahre arbeitete er mit dem Pariser Antiquar Alain Brieux an einer epigraphischen Studie über arabische und indische Hersteller mathematischer Instrumente. 1978 wurde er Fellow der Society of Antiquaries of London und 1983 Mitglied der International Academy of the History of Science. Er war der erste Präsident der Society for the History of Medieval Technology and Science bei ihrer Gründung 1986. (de)
  • Francis Romeril Maddison (27 July 1927 – 12 July 2006) was an English historian and Arabist. He was Curator of the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford, England. Francis Maddison was born in Hounslow, London, England. He was educated at and Exeter College, Oxford, where he initially studied Modern Languages and then changed to Modern History. Maddison was President of the Oxford University Archaeological Society. He collaborated with R. J. C. Atkinson, who supervised him when he directed archaeological excavations at Cricklade and Dorchester in Oxfordshire. In 1949, Maddison was a member of the British School at Rome expedition to Leptis Magna, Tripolitana (now Libya, northern Africa). He then became an assistant archivist, first at Glamorgan County Record Office, followed by Warwickshire. He became assistant curator at the Museum of the History of Science at the encouragement of the head curator, C. H. Josten. Maddison's expertise in Arabic, initially learnt under the tutelage of his father, was reinforced through the museum's extensive collection of Arabic-Islamic astrolabes. He also has research interests in the history of horology, time measurement, and early sea navigation. He was promoted to Curator in 1964 on the retirement of C. H. Josten and held the post for thirty years until his own retirement in 1994. In 1965, he was made a Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford, becoming an Emeritus Fellow in 1994. He was the second president of the , founded in 1987 by Jean Gimpel. In 1978, Maddison was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. In 1983, he was elected to the International Academy of the History of Science. On his retirement in 1994 he was presented with a festschrift containing essays by 20 eminent academics from the disciplines of linguistics and the history of science. Contributors included J. W. Allan (Oxford), Giles Barber (Oxford), Silvio Bedini (Washington), John Bergsagel (Copenhagen), John North (Groningen), Brian Scott (Belfast), Charles Dowsett (Oxford). Maddison's first wife was Audrey Kent (died 2004), with whom he had a daughter and a son. He had another son with his second wife, Patricia Brown. (en)
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  • Francis Romeril Maddison (* 27. Juli 1927 in Hounslow, London; † 12. Juli 2006) war ein britischer Wissenschaftshistoriker. Maddison studierte moderne Sprachen und Geschichte an der Universität Oxford (Exeter College). Als Student nahm er an Ausgrabungen unter Richard J. C. Atkinson teil und 1949 an der Expedition der British School of Rome nach Leptis Magna. Danach wurde er Archivar in Glamorgan County und in Warwickshire, bevor er Hilfskurator am Museum of the History of Science unter Kurt Josten wurde. Josten lernte ihn kennen anlässlich einer Ausstellung über William Dugdale, die Maddison vorbereitete (Dugdale war Geschichtsschreiber von Warwickshire County und Schwiegervater von Elias Ashmole, an dessen Biographie Josten arbeitete), und lud ihn an sein Museum als Hilfkurator ein, stat (de)
  • Francis Romeril Maddison (27 July 1927 – 12 July 2006) was an English historian and Arabist. He was Curator of the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford, England. Francis Maddison was born in Hounslow, London, England. He was educated at and Exeter College, Oxford, where he initially studied Modern Languages and then changed to Modern History. In 1965, he was made a Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford, becoming an Emeritus Fellow in 1994. He was the second president of the , founded in 1987 by Jean Gimpel. (en)
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