Dr Richard Bates

BIOGRAPHY

Dr Richard Bates is a Teaching Associate in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Nottingham. His research interests lie in nineteenth-century British history, in particular the history of nursing and the history of medicine. From 2018-21 he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow on the AHRC project on Florence Nightingale, which resulted in the co-authored book Florence Nightingale at Home (2020). His other recent publications include ‘Florence Nightingale and Responsibility for Healthcare in the Home’, European Journal for the History of Medicine and Health ( 2021), and ‘Florence on Film: Representations of Nightingale in Cinema and on Television’ in The Nurse in Popular Media: Critical Essays (2021) pp. 8-24.