Dr Alison Morrison-Low is a retired Principal Curator for Science at
National Museums Scotland
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Background
Morrison-Low is a director for the
Brisbane Observatory Trust 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.
In July 2016 she was an invited expert on for "The Invention of Photography",
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* ''In Our Time'' (1944 film), a film starring Ida Lupino and Paul Henreid
* ''In Our Time'' (1982 film), a Taiwanese anthology film featuring director Edward Yang; considered the beginning of the "New Taiwan Cinema"
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BBC Radio 4
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. 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".
In 2018 Morrison-Low became the first female president of the
Royal Scottish Society of the Arts
The Royal Scottish Society of Arts is a learned society in Scotland, dedicated to the study of science and technology. It was founded as The Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts in Scotland by David Brewster, Sir David Brewster in 18 ...
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Selected publications
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References
External links
* http://blog.nms.ac.uk/author/dralisonmorrison-low/ Articles on the NMS blog by Morrison-Low.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Scottish curators
Scottish women curators
National Museums Scotland