My Travels & Research Interests
LONDON, UK (August 2016)
Key themes: National Maritime Museum, Caird Research Library, Greenwich Observatory, Cutty Sark, Keir's 'Eldorado' metal and Muntz' metal
Key themes: National Maritime Museum, Caird Research Library, Greenwich Observatory, Cutty Sark, Keir's 'Eldorado' metal and Muntz' metal
LONDON, UK (August 2016)
Key themes: National Archives (Kew), British Library
Key themes: National Archives (Kew), British Library
OXFORD, UK (August 2016)
Key themes: Oxford University, Bodleian, Radcliffe Camera
Key themes: Oxford University, Bodleian, Radcliffe Camera
IRONBRIDGE Gorge Museums (August 2016)
Key themes: Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge, Blists Hill Victorian Village and blasts furnaces
Key themes: Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge, Blists Hill Victorian Village and blasts furnaces
BRISTOL, UK (August 2016)
Key themes: 6 Denmark St (Keir's warehouse worked by Beach and Powell in the 1780s & 1790s), Bristol Central Library, Bristol Record Office
Key themes: 6 Denmark St (Keir's warehouse worked by Beach and Powell in the 1780s & 1790s), Bristol Central Library, Bristol Record Office
DERBY, DERBYSHIRE, UK (August 2016)
Key themes: Derby Museum and Art Gallery (Joseph Wright Gallery and Wright drawings), John Whitehurst, Erasmus Darwin, Pickford's House Museum
Key themes: Derby Museum and Art Gallery (Joseph Wright Gallery and Wright drawings), John Whitehurst, Erasmus Darwin, Pickford's House Museum
BARLASTON, STAFFORDSHIRE, UK (August 2016)
Key themes: World of Wedgwood, Wedgwood archives (formerly held at Keele University), Trent and Mersey canal
Key themes: World of Wedgwood, Wedgwood archives (formerly held at Keele University), Trent and Mersey canal
NEWPORT PAGNELL, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UK (July 2016)
Key themes: 'Keir's metal', 'Eldorado' metal, fan-light making with David R. Agnew, Soane's Tyringham Gateway, visit to Olney, England
Key themes: 'Keir's metal', 'Eldorado' metal, fan-light making with David R. Agnew, Soane's Tyringham Gateway, visit to Olney, England
LONDON, UK (June 2016)
Key themes: Royal Society Library (archives), Buckingham Palace, St. James's Park
Key themes: Royal Society Library (archives), Buckingham Palace, St. James's Park
BIRMINGHAM, UK (June 2016)
Key themes: Library of Birmingham
Key themes: Library of Birmingham
DUDLEY and TIPTON, STAFFORDSHIRE, UK (June 2016)
Key themes: Black Country Museum, Dudley Archives, Canals and Keir's Chemical Works Factory
Key themes: Black Country Museum, Dudley Archives, Canals and Keir's Chemical Works Factory
LICHFIELD, STAFFORDSHIRE, UK (June 2016)
Key themes: Birthplace of Samuel Johnson, Erasmus Darwin House, Lichfield Cathedral
Key themes: Birthplace of Samuel Johnson, Erasmus Darwin House, Lichfield Cathedral
STAFFORD, STAFFORDSHIRE, UK (June 2016)
Key themes: Staffordshire Record Office, William Salt Library, medieval town architecture. Stafford Castle ruins
Key themes: Staffordshire Record Office, William Salt Library, medieval town architecture. Stafford Castle ruins
WEST BROMWICH and SMETHWICK, UK (June 2016)
Key themes: Keir's burial place (All Saints Parish Church), Smethwick Library and Sandwell Community History and Archives Service
Key themes: Keir's burial place (All Saints Parish Church), Smethwick Library and Sandwell Community History and Archives Service
TIPTON, UK (July 2013)
Key themes: Keir's Chemical Works, canals
Key themes: Keir's Chemical Works, canals
BIRMINGHAM, UK (July 2013)
Key themes: Birmingham architecture, Lunar society tributes, Boulton's Soho House
Key themes: Birmingham architecture, Lunar society tributes, Boulton's Soho House
MANCHESTER, UK (July 2013, 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine)
Key themes: Manchester Art Gallery, John Dalton Tour, Natural History Museum, Chatsworth House Tour, Manchester architecture
Key themes: Manchester Art Gallery, John Dalton Tour, Natural History Museum, Chatsworth House Tour, Manchester architecture
NEW YORK CITY, USA (July 2013)
Key themes: Metropolitan Museum of Art, paintings of Benjamin Franklin and Antoine Lavoisier, Ruisdael and Constable's clouds
Key themes: Metropolitan Museum of Art, paintings of Benjamin Franklin and Antoine Lavoisier, Ruisdael and Constable's clouds
HEIDELBERG, Germany (July 2012)
Key themes: Robert Bunsen, Deutsches Apotheken Museum
Key themes: Robert Bunsen, Deutsches Apotheken Museum
SPEY BAY, Scotland (June 2012)
Key theme: seaweed (vegetable alkali)
Key theme: seaweed (vegetable alkali)
GLASGOW, Scotland (June 2012)
Key themes: Provand's Lordship medicinal gardens, Andrew Ure
Key themes: Provand's Lordship medicinal gardens, Andrew Ure
PICTURES THAT REMIND ME OF MY PHD