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Publications on Leeuwenhoek 1966-2001

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This list of over 300 references covers BJF research and publications on Antony van Leeuwenhoek with citations, lectures and other reports.

• BJF, 1966, Brian J Ford Writes on: Medical Microscopy Yesterday and Today, Medical News: 7, 15 July.
• BJF, 1971, A Reconstruction of the Microscopic view of Nature Two-and-a-half Centuries Ago, British Journal of Photography, 118 (5793): 682-685, 30 July.
• BJF, 1971, Recreating the Pioneer Microscopist's View, New Scientist, 51 (763): 324-325, 5 August.
• BJF, 1971, Light Forms Images [page proofs: experiments for schools], A.S.E.P., Victoria, Australia, December.
• Report, 1973, Fact Finding with Old Microscopes, South Wales Echo, 3 March
• Report, 1980, Back in Time to the Eye of a very old Fly [news report on Kodak Bursary], South Wales Echo, 15 June.
• Report, 1980, Small Wonder [on Kodak Bursary], Cardiff Journal: 9, 19 June.
• BJF, 1981, The van Leeuwenhoek Specimens, Notes & Records of the Royal Society, 36 (1): 37-59.
• Veitch, Andrew, 1981, Find shows Evidence of Cell Studies in 1600s, The Guardian: 3, 28 July.
• Day, Sir Robin, 1981, Interview with BJF on specimens, BBC News, 1315h, 29 July.
• BJF, 1981, Leeuwenhoek's Specimens discovered after 307 years, Nature, 292: 407, 30 July.
• BJF, 1981, Found - van Leeuwenhoek's Original Specimens, New Scientist, 91: 301, 30 July.
• Berry, Adrian, 1981, Finds sheds Light on Microscopy, Daily Telegraph: 5, 30 July.
• Report, 1981, Historic Find in Vaults, The Scotsman, 30 July.
• Report, 1981, Biologist makes Historic Find, Evening Express, 30 July.
• Report, 1981, Microbiology - Historic Find, Evening News, Doncaster, 30 July.
• Report, 1981, Science Shock, Evening Mail, Birmingham, 30 July.
• Report, 1981, First in Field by 200 Years, Glasgow Herald, 30 July.
• Report, 1981, Discovery of Microscopic Specimens 300 years old, Oxford Mail, 30 July.
• Report, 1981, Specimen Finds alter our History, Evening Leader, 30 July.
• Report, 1981, New Find shatters Scientists' Beliefs, South Wales Echo, 30 July.
• Report, 1981, Science given a Micro Shock, Evening Mail, 30 July.
• Report, 1981, Specimen finds shows Science is much Older, Shropshire Star, 30 July.
• Report, 1981, Biology Slides 300 years old, Evening Echo & Post, 30 July.
• Script, 1981, The News Quiz, BBC, 1830h, 31 July:
• 'Simon: Gillian Reynolds - where would you go underground for a seventeenth century slideshow?
• Answer: To the vaults of the Royal Society where biologist Brian Ford revealed that slides prepared by Antony Leeuwenhoek - a Dutch 17th century pioneer of the microscope - shows that his techniques were almost as advanced as today's. The collection of slides includes examples of cell structure, views of Bournemouth and fragments of a British Rail Edam sandwich.'
• Walgate, Robert, 1981, Origineles coupes van Leeuwenhoek verrasend dun, NRC Handelsblad, 12 August.
• Report, 1981, [on Leeuwenhoek specimens], Die Zeit, mid-August.
• BJF, 1981, Leeuwenhoek Specimens. [Presentation and exhibit for Quekett Microscopical Club], Natural History Museum, 25 August. [reported in: Quekett Microscopical Club Newsletter, 21: 1a, March 1982].
• Wood, R., 1981, Discovery Unmasked, letter, [and] BJF, 1981, But ... [response], Nature, 293: 6, 3 September.
• Award, 1981, BJF's correlated electron and optical micrographs of sections cut by Antony van Leeuwenhoek [highly commended], Royal Microscopical Society Competition, 15 September.
• Report, 1981, BJF discovers Leeuwenhoek specimens, Science Digest, 89 (9): September.
• Announcement, 1981, Picture of Leeuwenhoek specimens, Biologist, 28 (4): cover picture.
• BJF, 1981, Specimens from the Dawn of Microscopy, Biologist, 28 (4): 180-181.
• BJF, 1981, A Clear Case of Second Sight, The Guardian: 22, 22 October.
• Temple, Robert, 1981, Tiny Tomb, Science People, Discover, 2 (10): 88, October.
• Knox, Peter, 1981, Ancient Lens, Observer Colour Magazine: 27, 22 November.
• Cairns, John, 1981, Report on Leeuwenhoek specimens, Aquatic Biology Newsletter, Louisiana, November.
• BJF, 1981, Ce qu'observaient les Premiers Microscopistes, La Recherche, 12: 1147-1149.
• BJF, 1981, The Annotation of Leeuwenhoek's packets of Specimens - a Preliminary Account, Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 16 (6): 393-395.
• BJF, 1981, Lo que Observaban los Primeros Microscopistas [translation from La Recherche], Mundo Cientifico, 1 (9): 1037-1039.
• BJF, 1981, The Mystery of the Missing Microscopes, Illustrated London News, 269: 76-77, December.
• Rogers, James, 1982, What Leeuwenhoek Saw, Scientific American, 246 (1): 79-80, January.
• Cutler, D. F. & Kermack, D. N., 1982, Proceedings of Special General Meeting [addressed by Brian J Ford], Linnean Society, 21 January.
• BJF, 1982, Bacteria and Cells of human Origin on van Leeuwenhoek's Sections of 1674 [leading paper], Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 101 (1): 1-9.
• BJF, 1982, Hermits, Crackpots and Pseudoscience, [reviews Gardner, Martin, Science: Good, Bad and Bogus, New York: Prometheus Books, 1981], Science Digest, 90 (2): 106-107 February.
• Degeunt, Philippe, 1982, [Television interview with BJF], Leeuwenhoek's Researches, Élémentaire, mon cher Einstein, French Television Service, 15 March.
• Biography, 1982, BJF [with picture], Science Digest, 90 (3): 8, March.
• BJF, 1982, The Lost Treasure of Anton van Leeuwenhoek [with illustrations], Science Digest, 90 (3): 88-92, 110, March.
• Award, 1982, View of Leeuwenhoek's Specimens through the Microscope at Utrecht [third prizewinner in] Annual International Photographic Exhibition, Institute of Science Technology, April.
• BJF, 1982, Cytological examination of Leeuwenhoek's first Microbial Specimens [invited contribution and lead paper], Tissue and Cell, 14 (2): 207-217.
• BJF, 1982, The Specimens of Antony van Leeuwenhoek - Rediscovering Early Microscopy, [first formal lecture on the Leeuwenhoek specimens], Facultad de Ciencias, Universitad Autonoma de Barcelona, 20 May.
• Announcement, 1982, Microbe Power and Patterns of Sex [cited in] Pure and Applied Science Books 1876-1982, New York & London: Bowker Company.
• Report, 1982, A Vision Rediscovered, Science Now, 2 (20): 556-559.
• Poster, 1982, The World's Oldest Microscope Specimens - A Special Lecture by BJF, Natural History Museum, July.
• Announcement, 1982, BJF to present Leeuwenhoek commemorative lecture, Biologist, 29 (4)
• Announcement, 1982, The World's Oldest Microscope Specimens, Today's Events, The Times, 25 September.
• BJF, 1982, World's Oldest Microscope Specimens [lecture for the public], Natural History Museum, 1500h, 25 September.
• Knight, Sam, 1982, A Mystery is Solved [lecture report], Western Mail, 27 September.
• BJF, 1982, The Origins of Plant Anatomy - Leeuwenhoek's Cork Sections Examined [invited contribution], International Association of Wood Anatomists' Bulletin, ns 3 (1): 7-10.
• BJF, 1982, The Rotifera of Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Microscopy, 34 (5): 362-373.
• BJF, 1982, Revelation and the Single Lens, British Medical Journal, 285: 1822-1824 (reprinted as pp 1-7), December.
• BJF, 1982, Antony van Leeuwenhoek's Sections of Bovine Optical Nerve, The Microscope, 30: 171-181.
• BJF, 1982, Leeuwenhoek's Original Specimens Examined after 307 Years [revised version of paper in Nature], Scientific Review, Olympus, 3 (1): 10-12.
• Palm, L. C., and Snelders, H., 1982, [cite Brian J Ford's Leeuwenhoek research in] Antoni van Leeuwenhoek: 80, 187 et seq., Amsterdam: Rodolpi.
• BJF, 1983, What were the Missing Microscopes really Like? Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 18, (2): 118-124, March.
• Nester, E. W., Roberts, C. E., Lidstrom, M. E., Pearsall, N. N., & Nester, M. T., 1983, [include BJF illustrations of Leeuwenhoek specimens in] Microbiology, third edition: Figs 1-2, a & b, 1-6, and cite BJF Microbiology and Food, p776, Philadelphia and New York: Saunders College Publishing, September.
• BJF, 1984, Leeuwenhoek Bibliography, Correspondence Column, Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 19, (1): 3, January.
• BJF, 1984, Bacteria and Cells of Human Origin on van Leeuwenhoek's Sections of 1674 [adapted from: Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, q.v.,] Lead Article, Bioscience, 34 (2): 106.
• BJF, 1984, [Presentation] New Light on the Origins of Biological Microscopy, Royal Society Conversazione, 10 May.
• Script, 1984, BJF guest appearance on Elinor chat show, HTV [VTR 19 June, TX 22 June].
• Daerr, Nancy, 1984, Leeuwenhoek Visited with BJF, Inter-Micro 84 Programme, Chicago, Illinois, June.
• Report, 1984, The Origins of Biological Microscopy, Catalogue of Exhibits, Royal Society Soirée, 21 June.
• Report, 1984, BJF's 'fascinating submission' to RMS Photomicrograph Exhibition, Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 19, (4): 184.
• List, 1984, Micrograph Prizewinners, Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 19, (4): 186, par 4.
• Report, 1984, BJF's 'fascinating submission' to RMS Photomicrograph Exhibition, Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 19, (4): 184.
• List, 1984, Micrograph Prizewinners, Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 19, (4): 186, par 4.
• BJF, 1984, Una Ojeada Electronica a los Animalculos de Leeuwenhoek, Rassengna [Central American Medical Journal], 2: 12-15.
• de Duve, Christian, 1984, Cites Brian J Ford Leeuwenhoek research [in] Preparing for the Tour, A Guided Tour of the Living Cell, xi, 7, New York: Rockefeller University Press, September.
• Mann, R. D., 1984, [cites BJF in] Modern Drug Use, an Enquiry based on Historical Principles: viii, 250-251, 0-85200-717-5, Lancaster and Boston: MTP Press, November.
• BJF, 1984, Discovery and the Simple Microscope, Special Public Lecture, Natural History Museum, 1500h, 10 November.Report, 1985, Speuren met oude spullen van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Logboek van de Wetenschap, Eindhovens Dagblad: 11, with illustrations, 12 April.
• Schuuring, Casper, 1985, Microscopisch speurwerk, (review of Single Lens), Intermediair, 21, (14): 45, 55, with photograph, 5 April.
• Report, 1985, Speuren met oude spullen van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Logboek van de Wetenschap, Eindhovens Dagblad: 11, with illustrations, 12 April.
• Schuuring, Caspar, 1985, Speurtocht naar erfenis Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Brabants Dagblad: 25, [with pictures], 13 April.
• Award, 1985, Technical Category Photomicrographs, Annual International Photographic Competition, London: Institute of Science Technology, Autumn.
• BJF, 1985, [paper] Origins of Microscopy, Cambridge Medical Society, Newmarket, 15 November.
• Frank, Arthur, 1985, Lost or Forgotten Microscopes [cites the 'recent discovery by Brian J Ford'], Microscopy, 35: 270-271.
• BJF, 1986, The Leeuwenhoekiana of Clifford Dobell [Ms paper prepared for] Notes and Records Of The Royal Society, March.
• Kleinsmith, Lewis & Kish, Valerie, 1986, Principle Of Cell Biology: 4 [includes van Leeuwenhoek specimen of Elder], New York: Harper-Collins.
• Announcement, 1986, BJF and 'The First Specimens for the Microscope' Conversazione Presentation, The Linnean: 3, 30 April (published March 86).
• Darnell, James; Loadish, Harvey; & Baltimore, David, 1986, describe Brian J Ford's Leeuwenhoek research (plus two illustrations) in Molecular Cell Biology: 3, 1187, New York: Scientific American Books, August.
• McNulty, John, 1986, Macroscopic Renaissance Man [profile], Mensa Magazine: 5, 6 June
• BJF, 1986, [preprint summary] The Real History of the Microscope, Inter-Micro 86, McCormick Center, Chicago, July.
• BJF, 1986, The Leeuwenhoekiana of Clifford Dobell, Notes and Records of Royal Society, 41 (1): 95-105, November.
• Wall, C. E. (editor), 1987, Brian J Ford on Antony van Leeuwenhoek, in The Book of Days: 533-34, Pierian Press.
• Nuttall, R. N., 1987, [cites BJF Leeuwenmhoek research in] Development of the Microscope 1800-1851, Microscopy 35: 591-604, December.
• Wessels, N. K. & Hopson, J. L., 1988, [cite Leeuwenhoek specimens in] Biology: 97, plate 5-1, New York, Random House, May.
• Russell, N., 1989, Report of BJF's lecture, Antony van Leeuwenhoek as an Experimental Biologist, Biology History, 2 (2): 12.
• BJF, 1988 Lecture at Inter-Micro 88: An Evening with Brian J Ford - The Natural History of the Lens, Chicago: McCormick Center, 27 June.
• BJF 1988, Awarded grant in History of Science, Royal Society News, 4 (9): 8, June.
• McCrone W., 1988, [reports] BJF paper to Inter-Micro 88, i) Life History of the Lens, The Microscope, 36 (4): 232.
• Palm, L. C., 1989, [Cites Brian J Ford in] Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 43: 198, 207, August.
• Hall, A. R., 1989, [Cites Brian J Ford in] Antony van Leeuwenhoek, ibid., 43: 248-273, August.
• BJF, 1989, Comments on 'neoscience', ibid., 43: 206-207, August.
• Report, with group photograph, 1989, Brian J Ford speaks at Oxford Conference, Ferment, 2 (1): 16, March. See also microscope study by BJF, front cover illustration.
• BJF, 1989, The Discovery of Saccharomyces, Ferment, 2 (4): 221-223, August.
• BJF, 1989, [proofs] Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Microscopist and Scientist, Institute of Biology, September.
• Poster, 1989, Brian J Ford Guest Speaker at Clemson University, Autumn.
• BJF, 1989, Reappraising the Origins of Microscopy [with colour illustrations], Leading Paper, Microscopy and Analysis, 13: 7-10, September.
• BJF, 1989, [proofs] Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Microscopist and Scientist, Institute of Biology, September.
• Announcement, 1989, Brian J Ford to Lecture at Fall Meeting, Appalachian Microscopical Society, Autumn.
• BJF, 1989, The Early History of the Optical Microscope [lecture], Appalachian Microscopical Society Meeting at Charleston, South Carolina, 20 October.
• BJF, 1989, Leeuwenhoek's Techniques of Microscopy [lecture], Clemson University, South Carolina, 21 October.
• Raven, P. H., and Johnson, B. B., 1989, Pictures of Leeuwenhoek microscope and Specimen [in] Understanding Biology: 84-85, 1st edition, New York: Mosby-Yearbook Inc.
• BJF, 1989, A New History of the Microscope [lecture demonstration], Linnean Society, Burlington House, 2 November.
• Highfield, R., 1989, 1600 Microscope as Good as Modern One [with picture], Daily Telegraph: 7, 3 November.
• BJF, 1989, Microscope Review, Natural History, 1 (1): 59, November.
• Announcement, 1989, Brian J Ford to speak on The Single Lens Microscope, [in] Landmark Discoveries in the Natural World, April 1990, Society for History of Natural History, November.
• Williams, R. J. B., 1989, [cites Brian J Ford in] Microscopy in 1763, Microscopy Bulletin, 14: 14, Winter.
• BJF, 1989, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Microscopist and Visionary Scientist, Journal of Biological Education, 24 (4): 293-300.
• Holland, J., 1989, [Cites BJF in] Microscopes and Microscopy, Sydney: Macleay Museum.
• Sweeting, Charles, 1990, Menu with BJF caricature, London: Savage Club, 12 January.
• BJF, 1990, Leeuwenhoek Microscope, Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 25 (1): 9-11.
• BJF, 1990, What could a Leeuwenhoek Microscope reveal? Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 25 (2): 132.
• Martin, L. V., 1990, cites Brian J Ford [in] Lost Leeuwenhoek Microscopes, Microscopy, 36 (1): 433, June.
• Promotional leaflet, Leeuwenhoek Legacy 1990, (sent by Lord Butterfield), October.
• BJF, 1990, Lecture - Living with Microscopes, Northampton Natural History Society, 1930h, 24 November.
• McCrone, Walter, 1990, reports BJF at Inter-Micro, Chicago: An Evening with Brian - Give Microscopy back to the people, On TV 413 Leeuwenhoek & Hooke, 469.
• Goldbarth, Arnold, 1990, [Acknowledges Brian J Ford writings on Leeuwenhoek in] Delft, essay poem, Kenyon review, XII: 76-96. [reprinted as: Delft - an Essay-poem, Maryville: GreenTower Press].
• Announcement, 1991, BJF, Leeuwenhoek Legacy, Circular, London: Farrand Press, 2 May.
• Mundell, I., 1991, Leeuwenhoek lives! [interview with BJF on book], Laboratory News: 6-7, 7 October.
• BJF, 1992, Hunterian Society lecture: Hunter, Home and the Leeuwenhoek Microscopes. Fifth Dinner Meeting of the Hunterian Society, London Press Centre, 18 May, 2030h. Transcribed in Transations of the Hunterian Society (1993): 73-87, q.v.
• BJF, 1992, [lectures] ii) The Use of the Simple Microscope in research on Yeast, 1530h, Inter-Micro 92, McCormick Center, Chicago, Illinois, 14 July.
• BJF, 1992, La Naissance de la Microscopie [lead article, with illustrations in colour], Paris: La Recherche , 23 (249): 1370-1378, Decembre.
• BJF, 1992, From Dilettante to Diligent Experimenter, a Reappraisal of Leeuwenhoek as microscopist and investigator, Biology History, 5 (3), December.
• McCrone, Walter, 1992 reports BJF lecture at Inter-Micro 92, 1): The Discovery of Yeast with Early Microscopes, The Microscope, 40 (3): 185.
• Illman, John, 1992, [quotes BJF, Revelation and the Single Lens, 1982, British Medical Journal, 285: 1822-1824, December; reprinted as pp 1-7] The Mad Hatter and Arctic Willy, Health: 17, The Guardian, 29 December.
• Mendelsohn, Everett, 1992, Discusses BJF work on Leeuwenhoek in Bud, R., & Cozens, S., Invisible connections, Instruments, Institutions and Science: 5-22, Bellingham, USA: SPIE Optical Engineering Press.
• BJF, 1993, El Nacimiento de la Microscopia, Mundo Cientifico, 132: 116-124, February.
• Gest, H., 1993, Microbes, Fleas and the great Chain of Being, refers to BJF in Nature, (1981) 294: 407, and Single Lens (1985), Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 36 (2): 184-193.
• BJF, 1993, Exhibit of micrographs:
• Human sperm in single lens microscope
• Leeuwenhoek view of cork section, preparation of elder pith
• Tuber melanospora under the Utrecht microscope
• Simple microscope study of Saccharomyces cerevisiæ
• Plus antique books and microscopes.
• Museum of Science, Laboratory Exhibition, London: Olympia, 5-7 October.
• Hobbs, Heather, 1993, (editor) Museum of Scientific Equipment (describes items above from BJF collection), Laboratory Update: 68, October.
• Gray, Ian, 1993, records BJF as I.S.T. Prizewinner, Science Technology, 30: 39, December. (Note: Certificates in archive file).
• Silver, Sue, 1994, IOB Stand proves a great success at Lab-Ex, (includes report of Brian J Ford at Laboratory Exhibition, with photograph), Biologist, 41 (1): 45, February.
• Bridson, Gavin, 1994, Cites Brian J Ford books [in] The History of Natural History, an Annotated Bibliography: 111, 369, New York, Garland.
• BJF, 1994, The Pioneer Microscopists' View of Biology [poster presentation, reprint on file], London: The Linnean Society Conversazione, 15 June, 1930h. See also Conversazione Programme: 8, June.
• James, J., 1994, Van Leeuwenhoek's Discoveries of 1677-1678 - A Look Too Far, Micron, 25 (1): 1-4, "Observations were made by holding the microscope close to the eye and illuminating it with a restricted cone of light (Brian J Ford, British Medical Journal, 1982, 285: 1822-1824)".
• Daerr, Nancy, 1994, BJF at Inter Micro 94: An Evening with Brian and The Shape of Things Past, 18-19 July. Symposium Program, Chicago: McCrone Research, June.
• Boutibonnes, Philippe, 1994, cites BJF, passim, [illustrations] du liège; vision au microscope; échantillons; schéma du microscope; gravure des rotifères; fabrication des lentilles; machine à polir des lentilles [in] van Leeuwenhoek, l'exercice du regard, Un savant, une époque, Paris: Belin.
• Magner, Lois, 1995, discusses BJF Leeuwenhoek research [in] A History of the Life Sciences: 152-154, New York: Marcel Dekker Inc.
• Meyer, Klaus, 1995, [discusses BJF Leeuwenhoek research in] Die suche nach Leeuwenhoeks Arbeitsmikroskop [from] Die Gemeiniße des Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Soest, February.
• Raven, P. H., and Johnson, B. B., 1995, Pictures of Leeuwenhoek microscope and specimen [in] Understanding Biology: 65, 3rd edition, Boston: Wm. C. Brown Publishers.
• BJF, 1995, On the Commonplace Nature of Scientific History (Chairman's Address), A Matter of Life, Institute of Biology History Sector Meeting at University of Birmingham, 1000h, 29 April.
• Daerr, Nancy, 1995, announces BJF Lectures to Inter-Micro 95: Guest Appearance - Antony van Leeuwenhoek, 11 July, Chicago: McCrone Research Institute Program, May.
• BJF, 1995, Lecture at Inter Micro 95, i) An Evening with Brian - Visit of Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Chicago: McCrone Research Institute, 1900h, 10 July.
• Announcement, 1995, BJF to speak on Hidden Secrets of the Microscope, Discovery and Invention (Newcastle Symposium Programme): 28, London: British Association for the Advancement of Science, July.
• Hershey, Erica, 1995, Microscope-maker discovers tiny animals (cites BJF on Leeuwenhoek), Susquehana Times and Magazine Old News: 4-5, July-August.
• BJF, 1995, First Steps in Experimental Microscopy, Leeuwenhoek as Practical Scientist, The Microscope, 43 (2): 47-57, plus cover illustration.
• BJF, 1995, Hidden Secrets of the Microscope, illustrated lecture to British Association, Newcastle University, 1600h, 13 September.
• BJF, 1996, Developing Science, a Revisionist View, Kew Science Innovation Lecture at Jodrell Lecture Theatre, Kew Gardens, 1100h, 6 March.
• Report, 1996, Brian J Ford as Leeuwenhoek in Chicago (with photograph), Focus - New York Academy of Sciences Newsletter: 15, February.
• BJF, 1996, Illustrations of Leeuwenhoek's specimens and correspondence, Exhibition on Archives of the Scientific Revolution, London: Royal Society, April-June.
• BJF, 1996, Hidden Secrets of the Royal Society Archive [illustrated lecture], Systemics and Museum Collections, Linnean Society Regional Meeting, Belfast: Ulster Museum, 1430h, 28 August.
• Rowntree, Frank, 1996, review of BJF's Leeuwenhoek Legacy, q.v. http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/articles/bookr7.html.
• Wormald, Mark, 1996, cites BJF's Revealing Lens (1973) and Single Lens (1985) in Microscopy and Semiotic in Middlemarch, 19th Century Literature, 50: 501-510.
• Fournier, Marian, 1997, (cites BJF's Single Lens, q.v., in) The Fabric of Life - Microscopy in the Seventeenth Century: 158, 164, 249, Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.
• Report, 1997, Dr August Köhler Award Recipient, Brian J Ford (with photograph), m Notes 2000: 1 (1): rear cover picture, February.
• Hull, D., (1997) cites BJF's Leeuwenhoek Legacy [in] Robert Hooke, a fractographic study of Kettering stone, Notes & Records of the Royal Society, 51 (1): 45-55.
• BJF, 1997, interviewed by Hisashi Shimizu and Francois Ho Van on microorganisms and health, Japanese Television, 1400-1600h, 8 May.
• BJF, 1997, Lecture at Birkbeck College, London University, The Birth of Crystallography and the Dawn of Duplicity, 1300h, 12 May.
• BJF, 1997, Lecture at Padova University, Earliest days of the Optical Microscope, 1530h, 2 June.
• Jones, D, 1997, [cites BJF on microscopy in] Microscopes Down the Centuries, 8pp, June.
• BJF, 1997, Anton, Antony or Antoni? What was Leeuwenhoek's name? Lecture at Inter Micro 97: 0930h, 23 July, Chicago: McCrone Research Institute.
• Report, 1997, BJF recipient of Köhler medal at Chicago, Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 32 (3): 192, September.
• McCrone, Walter, 1997, reports BJF Inter Micro presentations: Award of August Köhler medal (p99), Leeuwenhoek's name (p109), The Microscope, 45 (3): 99-109.
• BJF, 1997, Analysis of Leeuwenhoek's specimens for the microscope, Microscopical Society of Southern California lecture, Los Angeles, 1900h, 28 October.
• Hirsch, David L., 1997, Brian J Ford to speak on October 28 (in Secretary's report) , Microscopical Society of Southern California Newsletter, 2 (10): 201, October.
• BJF, 1997, Antony van Leeuwenhoek and the Single Lens Microscope, San Francisco Microscopical Society and California Association of Criminalists lecture, Berkeley, 2000h, 30 October.
• Announcement, 1997, Brian J Ford, a spectacular event, Microscopical Society of Southern California Newsletter, 2 (10): 208, October.
• Hirsch, David L., 1997, Standing Applause (report on BJF lecture), Microscopical Society of Southern California Newsletter, 2 (11): 227, November.
• Delly, John, 1997, (cites BJF in) Hand-colored Microscopical Illustrations, The Microscope, 45 (4): 177-190.
• Report, 1998, refers to award of Dr August Köhler medal (in) Society News, The Linnean, 13 (4): 3, January.
• Jones, David, 1998, cites BJF's history of microscopy, Biologist 45 (1): 41-43, February.
• Jones, David, 1998, 18th Century and 19th century Microscopes reappraised [cites BJF, 1989] Microscopy and Analysis, 64: 9-11, March.
• Gold, Herbert, 1998, reports forthcoming BJF article in Scientific American, Journal of the Microscopical Society of Southern California, 3 (3): 29, March.
• BJF, 1998, The Earliest Views, Scientific American (American edition), 278 (4): 50-53, April.
• BJF, 1998, The Earliest Views, Scientific American (British edition), 278 (4): 42-45, April.
• BJF, 1998, [in] Robert Hooke, an Introduction, Hooke's Micrographia, CD-ROM by Octavo, Palo Alto.
• BJF, 1998, Frühe Mikroskopie, Spektrum der Wißenshaft: 68-71, June. (Translation from Scientific American, April 1998).
• BJF, 1998, Premières images au microscope, Pour la Science, 249: 10-13, July, (translation from Scientific American, April 1998).
• BJF, 1998, Premières images au microscope, Pour la Science, 249: 10-13, July, (French translation from Scientific American).
• BJF, 1998, Le prime immagini al microscopio, Le Scienza, 30 July, (Italian translation from Scientific American).
• Carmichael, Stephen, 1998, Were the first Microscopes really that Good? Microscopy Today, 98-5: 3.
• BJF, 1998, [in] Scientific American (Chinese edition), 7: 40-43, July, (translation from Scientific American).
• BJF, 1998, [in] Scientific American (Japanese edition), 7: 72-75, July, (translation from Scientific American).
• Loro, B., 1998, (quotes BJF research in) Photography with microlenses, Journal of the Microscopical Society of Southern California, 3 (7): 127-131, July.
• BJF, 1998, Le prime immagini al microscopio, Le Scienze, 360: 88-91, August, (Italian translation from Scientific American).
• BJF, 1998, Can it be thirty years ago? Micro Notes2000: 2 (2): 32, August.
• BJF, 1998, Lectures at Inter Micro 98: Recollections of Clifford Dobell, 11 August. Chicago: McCrone Research Institute.
• Anon, 1998, announcement, Brian J Ford to lecture on How the Microscope was Born, Tuesday 1 December 1998, London: Royal Institution, programme booklet.
• Bader, Paul, 1998, screening of BJF blood preparation with Leeuwenhoek lens, Local Heroes (series 4), BBC Television, BBC 2, 2000h, 21st September.
• Palm, L., 1998, (cites BJF Isis review of Ruestow, q.v., in) Marian Fournier's The Fabric of Life, Isis, 89 (3): 543-544.
• Announcement, 1998, 'An Evening with Brian' at Inter Micro, Chicago, June 1999, advertised in The Microscope, 46 (3): 168.
• Laughlin, Gary, 1998, refers to BJF in review of Octavo edition of Micrographia, The Microscope, 46 (3): 188.
• BJF, 1998, Recreating the Birth of Modern Science, (lecture to Kelvin Club), Cambridge: Peterhouse, 17 November, 1900h.
• BJF, 1998, How the Microscope was Born, (presentation) London: Royal Institution discussion evening, 1December, 1800-1900h.
• Bianchi, Constantino, 1999, (editor) includes BJF images of erythrocytes and staminal hairs, with microscopes by Brown and Leeuwenhoek, in Vedere è Sapere, CD-ROM con Memovisus, Milano: Carlo Erba OTC, April.
• Announcement, 1999, 'Brian J Ford, famous author and scientist, focuses attention on the cycles of science', advertisement for Inter Micro 99, Microscopy Today, 99-3: 23, April.
• BJF, 1999, Lectures at Inter Micro 99, An Evening with Brian, A Thousand Years of Science, 1900h, 28 June, Chicago: McCrone Research Institute.
• Note also: McCrone, W., Brian J Ford at Inter Micro (with photographs), opening address; Lee, Richard, on BJF's orbiting microscope and possible low-power video microscopes; and Barnett, Peter, on the address by BJF to the San Francisco Microsopical Society, ibid.
• BJF, 1999, The earliest days of the microscope [chapter in] Yearbook of Science and the Future 2000, ISBN 0-85229-702-5, Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, in press.
• Jardine, Lisa, 1999, publishes BJF images of Leeuwenhoek research in Ingenious Pursuits, London: Little, Brown, September.
• Moss, Gaylord, 1999, Members Profile: Brian J Ford (with photographs), Microscopical Society of Southern California Newsletter, 4 (9): 182-188, September.
• BJF, 1999, Pioneering microscopists and their simple microscopes, lecture to Pacific Congress of American Chemical Society, Los Angeles, 1130-1200h, 7 October.
• Madigan, Michael; Martinko, John and Parker, Jack, 1999, include colour micrograph of Leeuwenhoek blood by BJF in Biology of Microorganisms: 19, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
• BJF, 1999, reviews Ruestow, Edward G., The Microscope in the Dutch Republic: the Shaping of Discovery, Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-521-47078-1, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 19, 3: 445-446.
• Prescott, Lansing; Harley, John, and Klein, Donald, 1999, cite BJF books and Scientific American paper, 1998 (q.v.) in Leeuwenhoek description in Microbiology: 15, New York: WCB McGraw Hill.
• Hirsch, D. L., 1999, report of BJF presentation on Brownian movement, Journal of the Southern California Microscopical Society, 4 (10): 210.
• McCrone, Walter, 1999, comments on BJF presentations at Inter Micro, The Microscope and Ecology (p107), An Evening with Brian, A Thousand Years of Science (pp109-110), GMO's and public perceptions (p 117); comments on 'microscopists' heaven' with BJF published papers, The Microscope 47 (2): 102, October.
• Anon, 1999, Announcement of 'An Evening with Brian' at Inter Micro 2000, The Microscope 47 (2): 123, October.
• Announcement, 1999, BJF to present 'an evening with Brian' in Chicago, The Microscope, 47 (3): 179.
• BJF, 1999, A Thousand years of Science, millennium lecture to Society for the Application of Research, Churchill College Cambridge, 2030-2200h, 6 December.
• Irwin, Aisling, 1999, Amateurs are 'the pioneers in science' (report of issues raised in SAR lecture), Daily Telegraph: 10, 7 December.
• BJF, 1999, Head to head debate with Matthew Freeman, The Guardian, Saturday review: 2, 11 December.
• BJF, 1999, The earliest days of the microscope [chapter in] Yearbook of Science and the Future 2000, ISBN 0-85229-702-5, Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica.
• Jardine, Lisa, 1999, publishes BJF images of Leeuwenhoek research in Ingenious Pursuits, London: Little, Brown, September.
• BJF, 1999, Pioneering microscopists and their simple microscopes, lecture to Pacific Congress of American Chemical Society, Los Angeles, 1130-1200h, 7 October.
• BJF, 1999, How Robert Brown observed Brownian Movement, lecture to Southern California Microsopical Society, Beverley Hills, 2000-2130h, 13 October.
• BJF, 1999, reviews Ruestow, Edward G., The Microscope in the Dutch Republic: the Shaping of Discovery, Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-521-47078-1, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 19, 3: 445-446.
• Hirsch, D. L., 1999, report of BJF presentation on Brownian movement, Journal of the Southern California Microscopical Society, 4 (10): 210.
• BJF, 2000, The earliest days of the microscope [chapter in] Yearbook of Science and the Future 2000, ISBN 0-85229-702-5, Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, pp 192-209.
• BJF, 2000, interviewed on Leeuwenhoek and bacteria, High Resolution, BBC Scotland, 28 January.
• BJF, 2000, Recreating the Origins of Modern Biology, 120th Anniversary and Millennium Lecture, Manchester Microscopical Society, University of Manchester Medical School. 1900-2100h, 17 February.
• BJF, 2000, Eighteenth Century Scientific Publishing, [chapter in] Thornton and Tully's Scientific Books, Libraries and Collectors, ed. Andrew Hunter: 216-257, London: Quaritch, March.
• BJF, 2000, Hidden secrets in the Royal Society library, illustrated lecture to Friends of the University Library, Cambridge, 13 May, 1100-1200h.
• BJF, 2000, The Amateurs who Give us Science (seminar), London: Institute of Cultural Research, 1430-1630h, 27 May.
• BJF, 2000, Home-made microscopes (video presentation) Inter Micro 2000, Chicago: McCrone Research Institute, 27 June 1230-1250h.
• Anon, 2000, Noted British microscopist, Microscopy Today, 00 (5): 5.
• Anon, 2000, BJF receiving August Kohler award, News of Members, Biobits: 6, July.
• Report, 2000, British win US microscopy award again (with colour picture), Laboratory News, Microscopy and Imaging: 3, August.
• Report, 2000, August Kohler Award (with colour picture), Microscopy and Analysis: 55, September.
• Applebaum, Wilbur (ed), 2000, cites BJF's Leeuwenhoek Legacy in Encyclopaedia of the Scientific Revolution: 357-8, New York: Garland.
• BJF, 2000, Tracing the Roots of Modern Bioscience, illustrated lecture, Georgia Microscopical Society, Atlanta: Fernbank Science Center, 1900-2000h, 27 September.
• BJF, 2000, Revelations of the First Microscopes, illustrated lecture, New York Microscopical Society, New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1900-2000h, 28 September.
• BJF, 2000, The microscope and the birth of bioscience, Cavendish Laboratory seminar, University of Cambridge, 1430-1530h, 27 October.
• McCrone, 2000, reports Brian J Ford at Inter Micro, The Microscope, 48 (3): 135, 138, 145.
• Parnes, O, 2000, cites Single Lens, 1985 [in] Science in Context, 13: 71.
• Ratcliff, M., 2000, cites BJF in Microscopy, 1982 and Single Lens, 1985 [in] Science in Context, 13: 93.
• BJF, 2001, The Royal Society and the Microscope, Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 55 (1): 1-25, January.
• BJF, 2001, The Royal Society and the Microscope, Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 55 (1): 1-25, January.
• Report, 2001, BJF award at Georgia Microscopical Society (with photograph) Biobits: 5, January.
• BJF, 2001, 45-minute talks on Royal Celebrity, Galaxy cruise:
• BJF, 2001, Blood smear viewed with a van Leeuwenhoek lens, magazine front cover, Microscopy and Today, No 01-5, caption details p5, June.
• BJF, 2001, Hidden Secrets in the Royal Society Archive, (chapter in) Biological Collections and Biodiversity: 27-42, ed. B. S. Rushton, P. Hackney and C. R. Tyrie, London: Linnean Society/Westbury Publishing, November.
• BJF, 2002, Using the Digital Microscope, London: Nesta Manual for Science Year, May.
• Corliss, John O., 2002, citations of Brian J Ford Single Lens and Leeuwenhoek Legacy [in] A Salute to Antony van Leeuwenhoek of Delft, Protist, 153: 177-190, June.
• Report, 2002, Scientist to appear on TV show (with photograph), Whittlesey Cambs Times: 3, 8 November.
• BJF, 2003, Defnuddio'r Microsgop Digidol, Welsh translation by Huw Roberts, ISBN 0-9543595-1-8, 32pp, Cambridge: Rothay House.
• BJF, 2003, Using the Digital Microscope, reprinted (with corrections) ISBN 0-9543595-0-X, Cambridge: Rothay House.
• Bishop, L M, 2003, includes Leeuwenhoek cork section imaged by Brian J Ford through a scanning electron microscope [in] How to win the Nobel Prize, notes from an Unexpected Life in Science, Harvard: University Press [in press].
• Coppedge, David, 2003, includes image of Leeuwenhoek microscope [in] Microscopic Magnificence, Christian History, 76, vol XXI (4): 42-43.
• Rudzik, Eileen Pyne, 2003 (ed) includes microscope images by Brian J Ford [in] Flow of Matter in Living Systems, Pearson Education Canada, [in press].
• Paustian, Timothy, 2003, publishes BJF micrographs in microbiology text for Atomic Dog (www.atomicdog.com) [in press].
• Vellinga, Willem-Pier, 2003, published BJF micrographs in microscopy coursebook, Eindhoven University of Technology, [in press].

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