| Workplaces: | University of Cambridge |
| Education: | University of Oxford, Haverford College |
| Thesis Title: | Simon Forman's philosophy of medicine: medicine, astrology and alchemy in London, c.1580-1611 |
| Thesis Url: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.270851 |
| Thesis Year: | 1997 |
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Lauren Kassell (born 30 July 1970)[1] is Professor of History of Science and Medicine at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Since September 2021, she is on leave from Cambridge to serve as the Professor in History of Science at the European University Institute (Florence).[2] She completed a doctorate at the University of Oxford in 1997. She is known for her work on the history of astrology and medicine in early modern England.[3] [4]
Kassell directed the Casebooks project to digitise the medical records of the astrologers Simon Forman and Richard Napier, one of the largest sets of early modern medical records.[5] Kassell was the historical consultant for the 2019 video game Astrologaster, based on her work on Simon Forman.[6]