Buchanan, Robert Angus
BUCHANAN, Robert Angus
BUCHANAN, Robert Angus. British, b. 1930. Genres: Archaeology/Antiquities, History. Career: University of Bath, professor of the history of technology, and director, Centre for the History of Technology, Science and Society, 1960-95, emeritus professor, 1995-. Annual Journal of the Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society, editor, 1968-74; Technology and Society, editor, 1971-74. OBE, 1993; Society for the History of Technology, Leonardo da Vinci Medal, 1989. Publications: Technology and Social Progress, 1965; (with N. Cossons) Industrial Archaeology of the Bristol Region, 1969; (with N. Cossons) Industrial History in Pictures: Bristol, 1969; The Industrial Archaeology of Bath, 1969; Industrial Archaeology in Britain, 1972; (with G. Watkins) Industrial Archaeology of the Stationary Steam Engine, 1976; History and Industrial Civilisation, 1979; (with C.A. Buchanan) Industrial Archaeology of Central Southern England, 1980; (with M. Williams) Brunel's Bristol, 1982; The Engineers: A History of the Engineering Profession in Britain 1750-1914, 1989; The Power of the Machine, 1992; Brunel: The Life and Times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 2002. Address: Centre for the History of Technology, Science & Society, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, England. Online address: [email protected]