Abigail Harrison Moore
Biographic Data
| ID | 1468469 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abigail Harrison Moore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abigail Harrison |
| FAMILY NAME | Moore |
| SIGNATURE | MOORE A H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Electric Light
Electric Lighting
Electrifying the country house
Could country house museums be indispensable sites for learning about both science as well as history? Given current logistical constraints, would it be worthwhile for school teachers to arrange student visits to such places to learn about STEM subjects? At first sight such epitomes of British heritage do not appear to offer much to such audiences. However, recent research shows that some country houses were once key sites of technological innova…
Off-grid empire
Energy is in the news these days. As scientists argue with increasing urgency, burgeoning human dependence on fossil fuels has been changing the global climate to such an extent that we are now con...
Designing energy use in a rural setting
Standen, built between 1891 and 1894, was intended as the weekend retreat of the newly monied couple James and Margaret Beale. It is known as the first country house to have had electric lighting fully integrated into its interior design plans. Such radical technological innovations in energy supply and use, detailed in the extant building specification, is particularly in need of explanation as Standen was designed by the Arts and Crafts archite…
Decorative Electricity
Urban Modernity
Voyage
Abigail Harrison Moore is a lecturer in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. She recently obtained her PhD from the University of Southampton, entitled Imagining Egypt: The Regency Furniture Collections at Harewood House, Leeds and Nineteenth–Century Images of Egypt . Her current research focuses on the theory, history and historiography of material culture and museum studies. Focusing on the ima…
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Voyage
Abigail Harrison Moore is a lecturer in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. She recently obtained her PhD from the University of Southampton, entitled Imagining Egypt: The Regency Furniture Collections at Harewood House, Leeds and Nineteenth–Century Images of Egypt . Her current research focuses on the theory, history and historiography of material culture and museum studies. Focusing on the ima…
Urban Modernity
Decorative Electricity
Off-grid empire
Energy is in the news these days. As scientists argue with increasing urgency, burgeoning human dependence on fossil fuels has been changing the global climate to such an extent that we are now con...
Designing energy use in a rural setting
Standen, built between 1891 and 1894, was intended as the weekend retreat of the newly monied couple James and Margaret Beale. It is known as the first country house to have had electric lighting fully integrated into its interior design plans. Such radical technological innovations in energy supply and use, detailed in the extant building specification, is particularly in need of explanation as Standen was designed by the Arts and Crafts archite…
Electrifying the country house
Could country house museums be indispensable sites for learning about both science as well as history? Given current logistical constraints, would it be worthwhile for school teachers to arrange student visits to such places to learn about STEM subjects? At first sight such epitomes of British heritage do not appear to offer much to such audiences. However, recent research shows that some country houses were once key sites of technological innova…
Electric Lighting
Electric Light
Engineering (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Electrical engineering (4 works) · History (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · Architectural engineering (3 works) · Architecture, Design, and Social History (3 works)