Robert D Hicks

Robert D. Hicks, PhD, is author of Civil War Medicine: A Surgeon's Experience and an independent scholar of the history of science and medicine. He was formerly a senior consulting scholar and William Maul Measey Chair for the History of Medicine at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and for over a decade, he served as director of the Mutter Museum and Historical Medical Library at the college. He holds a doctorate in history from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom, and degrees in...See more

Robert D. Hicks, PhD, is author of Civil War Medicine: A Surgeon's Experience and an independent scholar of the history of science and medicine. He was formerly a senior consulting scholar and William Maul Measey Chair for the History of Medicine at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and for over a decade, he served as director of the Mutter Museum and Historical Medical Library at the college. He holds a doctorate in history from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom, and degrees in anthropology and archaeology from the University of Arizona. See less