Angus McLaren (historian)

Angus McLaren FRSC (December 20, 1942 – June 2024) was a Canadian historian who was a professor of history at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, specializing in the history of sexuality.

McLaren was born in East Vancouver and earned a bachelor of arts from the University of British Columbia in 1965. He later earned two degrees from Harvard University, a master of arts in 1966 and a PhD in 1971.

In 1999, McLaren was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

After suffering from Parkinson's disease, McLaren died in June 2024, at the age of 81.

Selected publications

• McLaren, Angus (1992). A history of contraception: From antiquity to the present day. Oxford, United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9780631187295.
• McLaren, Angus (1993). A prescription for murder: The Victorian serial killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226560687.
• McLaren, Angus (1999). The trials of masculinity: Policing sexual boundaries, 1870–1930. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226500690.
• McLaren, Angus (1999). Twentieth-century sexuality: A history. Oxford, United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9780631208129.
• McLaren, Angus (2002). Sexual blackmail: A modern history. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674009240.
• McLaren, Angus (2007). Impotence: A cultural history. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226500935.
• McLaren, Angus (2012). Reproduction by design: Sex, robots, trees, and test-tube babies in interwar Britain. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226560694.