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词条 Alison Morrison-Low
释义

  1. Background

  2. Selected publications

  3. References

  4. External links

Dr Alison Morrison-Low is a retired Principal Curator for Science at National Museums Scotland.

Background

Morrison-Low is a director for the Brisbane Observatory Trust[1] and has been a director for the Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust, the British Society For The History Of Science and the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.[2]

In July 2016 she was an invited expert on for "The Invention of Photography", In Our Time, BBC Radio 4.[3] She won the Saltire Society Research Book Prize in 2005 for "Weights and Measures in Scotland: A European Perspective", and in 2008 the Hans R. Jenemann Foundation's Paul Bunge Prize in 2008 for "Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution".[4][5]

In 2018 Morrison-Low became the first female president of the Royal Scottish Society of the Arts.[6]

Selected publications

  • {{citation |last=Stevenson |first=Sara |year=2015 |title=Scottish photography : the first thirty years |last2=Morrison-Low |first2=A D |publisher=National Museums Scotland |isbn=9781905267972}}
  • {{citation |last=Morrison-Low |first=Alison D |year=2015 |title=Photography - a Victorian sensation |last2=Scotland |first2=National Museums |publisher=Edinburgh NMS Enterprises Limited - Publishing |isbn=1905267959}}
  • {{citation |last=Morrison-Low |first=A D |year=2012 |title=From earth-bound to satellite : telescopes, skills and networks |publisher=Brill |series=History of science and medicine library, vol. 23.; Scientific instruments and collections, vol. 2. |isbn=9004211500}}
  • {{citation |last=Morrison-Low |first=Alison D |year=2007 |title=Making scientific instruments in the industrial Revolution |publisher=Ashgate, cop |series=Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945 |isbn=0754657582}}
  • {{citation |last=Connor |first=R D |year=2004 |title=Weights and measures in Scotland : a European perspective |last2=Simpson |first2=A D C |last3=Morrison-Low |first3=A D |last4=Scotland |first4=National Museums of |publisher=National Museums of Scotland |isbn=9781901663884}}
  • {{citation |last=Stevenson |first=Sara |year=1995 |title=Light from the dark room : a celebration of Scottish photography, a Scottish-Canadian collaboration |last2=Morrison-Low |first2=A D |publisher=National Galleries of Scotland |isbn=9780903598583}}
  • {{citation |last=Burnett |first=John E |year=1989 |title="Vulgar and mechanick" : the scientific instrument trade in Ireland, 1650-1921 |last2=Morrison-Low |first2=Alison D |last3=Anderson |first3=R G W |last4=Mollan |first4=R Charles |publisher=National Museums of Scotland |series=Royal Dublin Society Historical Studies in Irish Science and Technology |volume=8 |isbn=9780860270263}}

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/BrisbaneObservatory |title=Brisbane Observatory |publisher=Secret Scotland |date= |accessdate=2016-12-10}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.directorstats.co.uk/director/alison-morrison-low/ |title=Dr Alison Morrison-low, director at Brisbane Observatory Trust, Edinburgh |publisher=Directorstats |date= |accessdate=2016-12-10}}
3. ^{{cite web|author=21:30 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07j699g |title=BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Invention of Photography |publisher=BBC |date=2016-07-07 |accessdate=2016-12-10}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=mersenne;40e93a7b.1506 |title=MERSENNE Archives |publisher=JISC |date=2015-06-17 |accessdate=2016-12-10}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/stereoscopy/0/steps/16684 |title=Stereoscopy |publisher=The University of Edinburgh |date=2016-12-05 |accessdate=2016-12-10}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.rssa.org.uk/governance/council.shtml|title=RSSA Officers - 198th Session|website=www.rssa.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-07-24}}

External links

  • http://blog.nms.ac.uk/author/dralisonmorrison-low/ Articles on the NMS blog by Morrison-Low.
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