Jennifer Rampling
I am a historian of science and medicine, with particular research interests in the history of alchemy and early chemistry. My first book, The Experimental Fire, traces alchemical ideas and practices in England over four centuries, from 1300-1700. My second book project investigates the visual culture of alchemy, focusing on a spectacular group of manuscripts known as the ‘Ripley Scrolls’.
I have edited several collections of essays, including one on the Elizabethan mathematician and astrologer, John Dee (1527–1609), and another on alchemy in early modern Europe. I am also engaged in recreating early chemical experiments.
From 2013-2017 I was the Editor of Ambix, the Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, and the leading specialist journal in the history of alchemy and chemistry. With Prof. Lawrence Principe, I am also general editor of a series of critical editions and translations: Sources of Alchemy and Chemistry.
Address: Princeton University
Department of History
129 Dickinson Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
USA
I have edited several collections of essays, including one on the Elizabethan mathematician and astrologer, John Dee (1527–1609), and another on alchemy in early modern Europe. I am also engaged in recreating early chemical experiments.
From 2013-2017 I was the Editor of Ambix, the Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, and the leading specialist journal in the history of alchemy and chemistry. With Prof. Lawrence Principe, I am also general editor of a series of critical editions and translations: Sources of Alchemy and Chemistry.
Address: Princeton University
Department of History
129 Dickinson Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
USA
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