Dingwall Beloe Lecture Series

The Museum and the Company agreed the formation of a fund to back the presentation of an annual lecture, intended to make new contributions to the history of horology, with a particular international focus.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 18, p. 246

The lectures, under the organization of the Clocks and Watches department of the British Museum, have become one of the most significant annual events in the international horological calendar. The inaugural lecture was in 1989.

1. 1989 Giuseppe Brusa, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, 'Early mechanical horology in Italy' Antiquarian Horology, vol. 18, p. 246; vol. 18, pp. 485–513.
2. 1990 Joachim Schardin, Staatlich Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden, 'The history of the horological collections in Dresden'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 19, p. 24; vol. 19, pp.493– 510.
3. 1991 Anthony Turner, 'Berthoud in England, Harrison in France: the transmission of horological knowledge in 18th century Europe'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 19, p. 468, vol. 20, pp. 219– 239.
4. 1992 Jan Jaap Haspels, Director/Curator, Museum Speelklok, Utrecht, 'The Early History of Musical Clocks'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 20, p. 284; vol. 22, pp. 23–34.
5. 1993 owing to the illness of K. J. Langer, Munich, who was to lecture on 'German Precision Horology After 1800', David Thompson of the British Museum gave a talk on 'The British Museum Horological Collections'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 21, p. 14
6. 1994 Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum, Chemnitz University of Technology, 'Public Clocks and Modern Hours - Time Measurement and Urban Life since the late Middle Ages'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 21, p. 392.
7. 1995 John Leopold, British Museum, 'The Third Seafaring Nation: The introduction of the marine chronometer in the Netherlands'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 22, p. 208; vol. 22, pp. 486–500.
8. 1996 Jaroslav Folta, National Technical Museum (Prague), 'Horology in Prague'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 23, p. 87; vol. 23, pp. 405–417.
9. 1997 Peter Friess, Deutsches Museum Bonn, 'An unknown talent of German clockmaking: Joseph Weidenheimer 1758– 1795'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 23, p.478; vol. 24, pp. 523–38.
10. 1998 Günther Oestmann, University of Hamburg, 'The Strasbourg Cathedral Clock'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 24, p. 278; vol. 25, pp. 50–63.
11. 1999 James Dowling, London, 'Mechanical Timekeeping in the Electronic Age'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 25, p.121.
12. 2000 William J. H. Andrewes, Concord, Massachusetts 'French Clocks in American Collections'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 25, p. 593; vol. 26, pp. 628–653.
13. 2001 Mikhail Gouriev, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 'Clocks and Watches in the Hermitage'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 26, p. 330.
14. 2002 Jonathan Betts, National Maritime Museum, 'John Hyacinth Magellan (1720– 1790), horological and scientific agent'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 27, p.25; vol. 27, pp.509–17, vol. 28, pp.173–83 and vol. 30, pp. 25–44.
15. 2003 Sir George White, Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, Jeremy Evans, The British Museum, 'Thomas Tompion 'at The Dial and Three Crowns' '.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 27, p. 586; vol. 28, pp. 316–36 and pp. 437–52. [Note: Sir George White delivered the lecture on behalf of Jeremy Evans]
16. 2004 David Penney, 'Evidence from the Transient: The Importance of Ephemera for a Proper Understanding of the Clock and Watch Making Trade'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 28, p.304; vol. 29, pp. 790– 803, vol. 30, pp. 45–65 and pp. 177–195.
17. 2005 Professor Carlos R. Alba, Autonomous University of Madrid (collector) & Juan J. Ontalva (clockmaker), 'Spain's Magnificent Horological Collections: An English and French Heritage'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 29, p. 130.
18. 2006 Roger Smith, 'The Sing-SongTrade: Exporting Clocks to China in the Eighteenth Century'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 29, p. 600; vol. 30, pp. 629–658.
19. 2007 Hans Boeckh, Patek-Philippe Museum, Geneva, 'French Literary Themes on 17th-Century Watches'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 30, p. 292; vol. 31, pp. 331–72 and pp. 477–98.
20. 2008 Paul Buck, British Museum, 'Courtenay Adrian Ilbert (1888–1956), Horological Collector'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 31, p. 285; vol. 32, pp. 499–516 (Part 1); vol. 38, pp. 202–220 (Part 2). [note: the lecture was delivered in early 2009].
21. 2009 John Glanville, 'Made in England – House clock production in the 20th century'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 31, p. 729; vol. 32, pp.231–49 and pp. 343–360.
22. 2010 Eddy Fraiture and Paul van Rompay (Belgian Horological Society), 'Clock & Watch Making in Flanders 1300–1830'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 32, p. 320; vol. 33, pp. 27–45.
23. 2011 Michael Grange, Cheltenham, 'The Grange Collection at the British Museum. English Provincial Clockmaking 1695–1840. The Role of the Thirty-Hour Clock'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 33, p. 13; vol. 36, pp. 361–377 and pp. 481–501.
24. 2012 Alice Arnold-Becker, 'Friedberg – a centre of watch and clock making in 17th and 18th century Bavaria'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 33, p. 575; vol. 35, pp. 663–82 and pp. 783–795.
25. 2013 Eduard C. Saluz, Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, 'The German Clock Museum Furtwangen – 160 Years of collecting'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 34, p. 314; vol. 35, pp. 769–782.
26. 2014 Andrew King, 'Winner or loser. Did John Harrison win the Longitude Prize?'Antiquarian Horology, vol. 36, p. 316; vol. 37, pp. 73–81.
27. 2015 James Nye, Chairman AHS, An Englishman, a Frenchman, and a Watchman—The Cross-Border Life of Robert Lenoir (1898–1979) Antiquarian Horology, vol. 36, p. 316; vol. 37, pp. 496–510. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7sOzoJRtIY available on YouTube])
28. 2016 Sibylle Gluch, 'Timing the stars: astronomers, clockmakers and German precision horology around 1800'Antiquarian Horology, vol. 37, p. 314; vol. 39, pp. 34–54.
29. 2017 Matthew Champion, 'The music of the clock, c.1300–c.1600' Antiquarian Horology, vol. 38, p. 316.
30. 2018 Marisa Addomine, 'Heavenly advisors: the astrological purpose of public clocks in Italy'Antiquarian Horology, vol. 39, p. 300.
31. 2019 Sebastian Whitestone, 'Revelation in revision. How alterations to a woodcut block change the history of Huygens' pendulum clock invention'Antiquarian Horology, vol. 40, p. 300.
32. 2020 Owing to COVID-19 restrictions, the lecture was combined with the annual Harrison Lecture of the Clockmakers Company and held virtually as a Zoom webinar, entitled 'Time in a Space'. There were three speakers: Joanna Migdal, 'Proportion - An Artist Craftsman's Perspective'; John Martineau, 'The Beauty of Asymmetry'; and Lee Yuen-Rapati, 'The Importance of Spacing in Clock and Watch Dial Design'. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFbIiMSxEIg&feature=youtu.be available on YouTube])
33. 2022 Peter de Clercq, 'Travel journals and the history of horology'.Antiquarian Horology, vol. 45, p. 217.
34. 2023 Keith Scobie-Youngs, 'From Man to Machine - The history of the winding of the Great Clock of Westminster'.
35. 2024 Michael Korey, 'Geared to the planets'.

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