The next Probus ‘83 Lunch at Weybourne House will be on Thursday 5th March 2026.
Our speaker will be Dr Richard Marks
Richard Marks is an experienced historian and has authored a number of books. Richard has a background in Technology and Business, has worked as a consulting historian for various museum exhibitions and is a lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Oxford.
He has an engaging presentation style which he will use for his lunch talk:
Barbers to Surgeons
Over the reign of Queen Victoria huge developments occurred in the medical field. The talk will explain how new scientific thinking and bold philosophical challenges of the era reshaped the way people understood illness and the human body. It will examine how the Industrial Revolution also transformed hospitals, surgery, and everyday healthcare, and will demonstrate how Victorian innovation laid the foundations of modern medicine.