Redhead was born on 30 December 1929 in London and educated there at
Westminster School. Redhead was Centennial Professor in CPNSS (Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science) at the
London School of Economics and Political Science. Redhead was an Emeritus Fellow of
Wolfson College, Cambridge, and was Vice-President (1992–1996) and Acting President 1992 and 1993, Wolfson College, and formerly Head, CU Dept of History and Philosophy of Science. He died on 31 August 2020 at the age of 90. ==References==