John Pickstone ( 29 May 1944 -- 12 February 2014 ) was a British historian of science and the Wellcome Research Professor in the Centre for the History of science , Technology and Medicine , in the Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Manchester .
John Victor Pickstone ( 29 May 1944 -- 12 February 2014 ) was an English historian of science . He was the Wellcome Research Professor in the Centre for the History of Science , Technology and Medicine , in the Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Manchester .