Edward Lazare Shorter FRSC (born October 31, 1941) is an American-born Canadian historian who is Professor & Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. His specializations are in the history of medicine and psychiatry. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Source: Article "Edward Shorter (historian)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.