Edward Gillin
دانشیار · Science and Technology in the 19th Century
University College Londonمعرفی
Edward Gillin is an Associate Professor at The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London (UCL), specializing in cultural history with a focus on science, technology, and architecture in the nineteenth century. He holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford (2015) and has held research fellowships at Oxford and Cambridge.
His research explores the interplay between architectural practice and scientific knowledge, large-scale infrastructure projects, and the governance of science in Victorian Britain. His Leverhulme-funded project, “The State of Science: governing knowledge of nature in Victorian Britain” (2020-23), examined the scientific culture of the Houses of Parliament.
- 2022: Published Sound Authorities: scientific and musical knowledge in nineteenth-century Britain
- 2023: Authored An Empire of Magnetism: Global Science and the British Magnetic Enterprise in the Age of Imperialism
- 2023: Co-edited four volumes of Science and Sound in Nineteenth Century Britain
His Orcid profile lists 33 publications, including interdisciplinary works on magnetism, acoustics, and the cultural impact of infrastructure. Notable awards include the SAHGB Hawksmoor Medal, the 2016 Usher Prize, and the 2013 Jane Willis Kirkaldy Senior Prize.
He teaches modules at UCL such as BARC0092: Making Cities and BCPM0001: The Economics of Construction.
