Eliza Howlett
Head of Earth Collections
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
01865 272951
My research interests include the history of palaeontology, especially the work of William Buckland, Elizabeth Philpot and Charles Lyell; people and places; and scientific networks. I have managed a number of digital humanities projects, including the digitisation of Charles Lyell’s fossil collection and associated archives, and acted as Oxford lead for the Royal Albert Memorial Museum’s HMS Challenger project. I am currently supervising an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership studentship on university collections, academic teaching, and the making of geology (1813–74).
