Joanna Geyer-Kordesch

Joanna Geyer-Kordesch has a distinguished academic career bridging the disciplines of history of medicine and cultural history as embodied in our landscapes. After becoming the first woman to direct The Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at Glasgow University from 1990 to 2001, she became Professor of European Natural History and History of Medicine at that University where, after retiring in 2006, she remains a Professor Emerita. She has also published poetry and academic work under her married name of Joanna Paterson.

Her book, Why Gardens Matter, will be published November 2019.