What is John Pickstone?
[[File:John V Pickstone.jpg|thumb|250px|John Pickstone on 29 October 2007.]] '''John Victor Pickstone''' (29 May 1944 &ndash; 12 February 2014) was an [[English people|English]] historian of science. He was the Wellcome Research Professor in the Centre for the [[History of science|History of Science]], Technology and Medicine, in the Faculty of Life Sciences of the [[University of Manchester]]. He was born and raised in [[Burnley]], [[Lancashire]]. Pickstone died after a short illness on 12 February 2014. He was aged 69. He was outlived by his wife and two sons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/23/john-pickstone|title=John Pickstone obituary|date=23 February 2014|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=24 February 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://www.theguardian.com/profile/john-pickstone John Pickstone] at ''[[The Guardian]]'' {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pickstone, John}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:People from Lancashire]] [[Category:English historians]] [[Category:Academics of the University of Manchester]] [[Category:History of science]]