Heather Ellis is a Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her current research focuses on cultures of knowledge making in Britain in the late 18th and 19th centuries. She is the author of two books: Masculinity and Science in Britain, 1831–1918 (2017); and Generational Conflict and University Reform: Oxford in the Age of Revolution (2012), which was awarded the 2014 Kevin Brehony prize for the best first book by the History of Education Society UK.