‘A treatise on all the bad habits of mankind’: Major Greenwood and the political economy of epidemiology in early 20th-century Britain
Published online on March 18, 2026
Abstract
History of the Human Sciences, Ahead of Print.
As Britain’s first professor of epidemiology, Major Greenwood (1880–1949) is an important figure in the formalisation of British epidemiology. His contribution derives less from enduring methodological innovations than from his advocacy for analytical ...
As Britain’s first professor of epidemiology, Major Greenwood (1880–1949) is an important figure in the formalisation of British epidemiology. His contribution derives less from enduring methodological innovations than from his advocacy for analytical ...