Hugh Small graduated from Durham University with honours in physics and psychology. From 1983 to 1999 he was a partner in two US strategic consulting firms, Arthur D. Little and A.T. Kearney. His second career has involved researching, writing, and lecturing about social and public health history.
Recent books include Florence Nightingale, Avenging Angel (Constable, 1998), Florence Nightingale and Her Real Legacy – a Revolution in Public Health (Robinson, 2017), The Crimean War – Europe’s Conflict with Russia (History Press, 2018), and The Impact of the Crimean War on Public Health, in War and Medicine (Wellcome Collection/Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, 2008).
Published peer-reviewed papers include:
Nightingale’s Overlooked Scutari Statistics, in the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society (Significance, December 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/1740-9713.01468).
Florence Nightingale’s ‘Greatest [statistical] Feat’ (Significance, December 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/1740-9713.01584).
Edwin Chadwick: A Biographical Update, in the Journal of Medical Biography (https://doi.org/10.1177/0967772020951083). This paper is open access in ‘as submitted’ format via the download link below:
Contributions to the academic History and Policy website on Covid-19 policy and on international treaties:
http://www.historyandpolicy.org/policy-papers/category/hugh-small
http://www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articles/category/hugh-small
Hugh Small’s videos summarising his Victorian public health research:
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