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
- Stevenson, Sara; Morrison-Low, A D (2015), Scottish photography : the first thirty years, National Museums Scotland, ISBN 9781905267972
- Morrison-Low, Alison D; Scotland, National Museums (2015), Photography - a Victorian sensation, Edinburgh NMS Enterprises Limited - Publishing, ISBN 978-1905267958
- Morrison-Low, A D (2012), From earth-bound to satellite : telescopes, skills and networks, History of science and medicine library, vol. 23.; Scientific instruments and collections, vol. 2., Brill, ISBN 978-9004211506
- Morrison-Low, Alison D (2007), Making scientific instruments in the industrial Revolution, Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945, Ashgate, cop, ISBN 978-0754657583
- Connor, R D; Simpson, A D C; Morrison-Low, A D; Scotland, National Museums of (2004), Weights and measures in Scotland : a European perspective, National Museums of Scotland, ISBN 9781901663884
- Stevenson, Sara; Morrison-Low, A D (1995), Light from the dark room : a celebration of Scottish photography, a Scottish-Canadian collaboration, National Galleries of Scotland, ISBN 9780903598583
- Burnett, John E; Morrison-Low, Alison D; Anderson, R G W; Mollan, R Charles (1989), "Vulgar and mechanick" : the scientific instrument trade in Ireland, 1650-1921, Royal Dublin Society Historical Studies in Irish Science and Technology, vol. 8, National Museums of Scotland, ISBN 9780860270263
References
- ^ "Brisbane Observatory". Secret Scotland. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
- ^ "Dr Alison Morrison-low, director at Brisbane Observatory Trust, Edinburgh". Directorstats. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Invention of Photography". BBC. 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
- ^ "MERSENNE Archives". JISC. 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
- ^ "Stereoscopy". The University of Edinburgh. 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
- ^ "RSSA Officers - 198th Session". www.rssa.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
External links
- http://blog.nms.ac.uk/author/dralisonmorrison-low/ Articles on the NMS blog by Morrison-Low.
