Elly Dekker
Elly Dekker catalogued the National Maritime Museum's collection of globes in Greenwich, east London, England. She was awarded the Caird Medal for her work in 1998.[1]
Published works
- Illustrating the Phaenomena: Celestial cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (2012) (ISBN 978-0-19-960969-7)
- Globes at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Globes and Armillary Spheres in the National Maritime Museum (1999) (ISBN 978-0198565598)
- Globes from the Western World (with co-author Peter Van Der Krogt) (1993) (ISBN 978-0302006184)
References
- ↑ Journal of Technology and Culture, Vol. 39, No. 3, p.559 (July 1998) ("Dr. Dekker is an independent scholar studying the history of astronomy and of scientific instruments.... More recently, she was awarded Sackler Fellowship and the Caird Medal for cataloging the collection of globes and armillary spheres of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich.")
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