Sarah Dry is a writer and historian of science who has written widely on topics ranging from Victorian fishermen and risk; epidemics and surveillance; the history of meteorology, oceanography and climate; and the surprisingly tortuous story of Isaac Newton’s private papers. She studied at Harvard College, Imperial College London, and the University of Cambridge, where she received a PhD in the history of science and was a Gates scholar.

She is passionate about using the history of science to tell stories that matter. Her writing is often biographical, using the lives of individuals, or objects (such as Newton’s papers) to make the scientific past vivid and intimate.

From 2016-2021 she was a Trustee of the Science Museum Group, where she chaired the Collections and Research Subcommittee. She is currently a Trustee of The Oxford Trust.

She also participates in academic research collaborations, currently working with colleagues on the Making Climate History project at the University of Cambridge.