Announcement, 1981, Robert Brown and the Discovery of the Nucleus, Linnean Society Circular: 32, 28 May.
BJF, 1981, Three Simple Microscopes by Bancks of London [report of demonstration], Quekett Microscopical Club Newsletter, 20: 6a.
BJF, 1981, Robert Brown and the Discovery of the Nucleus, a lecture-demonstration, Linnean Society, 5 November.
Knox, Peter, 1981, Ancient Lens (report of BJF research, with photograph), Observer Colour Magazine: 27, 22 November.
Report, 1982, [in] Record of Proceedings, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18 (4): 404.
BJF, 1982, The Nucleus and the Simple Microscope, Journal of Biological Education, 16 (4): 281-285.
BJF, 1982, Revelation and the Single Lens, British Medical Journal, 285: 1822-1824 (reprinted as pp 1-7), December.
BJF, 1983, The Restoration of Brown’s First Botanical Microscope, [leading paper] Microscopy, 34, (6): 406-418.
BJF, 1984, New Light on the Origins of Biological Microscopy, presentation at Royal Society Conversazione, 10 May.
Report, 1984, The Origins of Biological Microscopy, Catalogue of Exhibits, Royal Society Soirée, 21 June.
Poster, 1984, Discovery and the Simple Microscope: Brian J Ford to lecture on 10 November, Special Lecture Programme, London: Natural History Museum, October.
BJF, 1984, Discovery and the Simple Microscope, Special Public Lecture, Natural History Museum, 1500h, 10 November.
Report, 1985, Brown’s Microscope [reference in] The Linnean, 1, (4): 1.
BJF, 1985, The Microscope of Robert Brown, The Linnean: 1 (4): 12-17.
BJF, 1985, Single Lens, Story of the Simple Microscope, ISBN 0-434-26844-5 182 pp, London: Heinemann.
Van Kasteren, Hoost, 1985, Het beste ergrootglas (review of Single Lens), NRC Handelsblad, 7 March.
Spencer, Lloyd, 1985, Taking a closer Look (review of Single Lens), New Scientist; 38, 7 March.
Simms, Tom, 1985, Review of Single Lens, Tom Simms International News Agency [report], March.
Bradbury, S., 1985, Objects of Curiosity (on Single Lens), Times Higher Education Supplement, 7 March.
Schuuring, Casper, 1985, Microscopisch Speurwerk, (review of Single Lens), Intermediair, 21, (14): 45, 55, 5 April.
Report, 1985, Speuren met oude spullen, Logboek van de Wetenschap, Eindhovens Dagblad: 11, 12 April.
Schuuring, Caspar, 1985, Speurtocht naar erfenis, Brabants Dagblad: 25, [with pictures], 13 April.
Evennett, Peter, 1985, Nature Magnified (review of Single Lens), Nature: 695-696, 25 April.
BJF, 1985, Single Lens, the Story of the Simple Microscope, [US Edition] ISBN 0-06-015-366-0, 182 pp, New York: Harper & Row, April.
Baily, Ronald, 1985, The Beginnings of the Microscope (review of Single Lens, with illustrations), Washington Times Magazine, USA, 29 April.
Turner, G. I’E., 1985, review of Single Lens, British Book News, 502: 82, May.
Anon, 1985, review of Single Lens [in] The Irish Times, 4 May.
Announcement, 1985, Single Lens [in] Science News USA 127: 322, 24 May.
Lacey, A. J., 1985, Review of Single Lens [in] Proceedings, Royal Microscopical Society, 20, (4): 181-2, July.
Morrison, Phillip, 1985, Review of Single Lens [in] Scientific American, 253, (1): 27-29, July.
Anon, 1985, Review of Single Lens, ArtScene, Ridgewood Times, USA, 12, 11 July.
Award, 1985, Technical Category Photomicrographs taken with Brown’s botanical microscope, Annual International Photographic Competition, London: Institute of Science Technology, Autumn.
McCrone, Walter, 1985, [editor] review of Single Lens, The Microscope: 33, (4): 303-305.
BJF, 1986, [Japanese edition] Single Lens, the Story of the Simple Microscope, Tokyo: Hosei University Press.
Poster, 1986, BJFand the Early Days of Microscopy, Inaugural Science Night At The Savage Club, 14 March.
Brown, Olivia, 1986, [cites Brian J. Ford’s Single Lens, q.v., [in] Catalogue 7 - Microscopes, Cambridge University: Whipple Museum.
S[hirley] A. R[oe], 1986, [Review] Single Lens: The Story of the Simple Microscope, Journal for the History of Biology, 19 (2): 320-321, Summer.
BJF, 1986, [preprint summary] The Real History of the Microscope, Inter Micro 86, McCormick Center, Chicago, July.
Cooke, Peter, 1986, Review Of Single Lens [in] Analytical Chemistry, 58: 1926 (36-37).
Gregory, Richard, 1986, [review of Single Lens], Story of the Simple Microscope, Inter-Disciplinary Science Reviews, 11 (3): 318-319.
Anon, 1986, review of Single Lens [in] Microscopy, 35: 483, July-December.
Wilson, J. R., 1986, Frits Noteboom writes on Brian J Ford, [in] Microscopy, 35: 484.
BJF, 1987, The [Linnean] Society’s ‘Other Treasures’, Linnean, 3 (1): 24-26 January 1987.
Gardiner, Brian, 1987, [reports] Brian J Ford presentation at Linnean Society Conversazione, Linnean, 3 (1): 32, January.
Yonemura, Mr & Mrs, 1987, Brian J Ford cited in paper on simple microscopes, Japan, 28 March, [published May].
BJF, 1987, The Orchid’s Rôle in Modern Cell Theory, American Orchid Society Bulletin [with colour Pictures], 56 (II): 1164-1167, November.
Russell, Nick, 1988, [reports] Brian J Ford’s inaugural lecture, Hidden History of the Microscope, Biology History, 1 (1): 5-6, April.
Gage, A. T. & Stearn, W. T., 1988, A Bicentenary History of the Linnean Society: 139, (refers to Commemorative Lecture-demonstration on Robert Brown’s Microscope), London: Academic Press.
BJF 1988, Micrograph of TS Cycas imaged with Robert Brown lens [in] Equinox, Great Scientists, May.
BJF, 1988 Lecture at inter Micro 88: An Evening with Brian J Ford - The Natural History of the Lens, 27 June, McCormick Center, Chicago.
McCrone W., 1989, [reports] BJF paper to Inter Micro 88, Life History of the Lens, The Microscope, >36 (4): 232, 1988.
BJF, 1989, The Botanic Microscope of George Bentham, Microscopy, 36: 210-215.
BJF, 1989, A New History of the Microscope [lecture programme], Linnean Society, Burlington House August.
Announcement, 1989, A New History of the Microscope, with abstract, The Linnean, 5 (3): 15, August.
BJF, 1989, The Survey of Microscopes and Memorabilia, The Linnean, 5 (3): 31-33; see also Lecture, p 43, August.
Announcement, 1989, Brian J Ford to speak at Pacific Conference, American Chemical Society, Autumn Programme.
BJF, 1989, Reappraising the Origins of Microscopy [with colour illustrations], Leading Paper, Microscopy and Analysis, 13: 7-10, September.
Announcement, 1989, Brian J Ford to Lecture at Fall Meeting, Appalachian Microscopical Society, September.
Poster, 1989, Brian J Ford Guest Speaker at Clemson University, September.
BJF, 1989, Image Quality in Early Analytical Microscopy [lecture], American Chemical Society Meeting, Pasadena, California, 19 October.
BJF, 1989, The Early History of the Optical Microscope [lecture], Appalachian Microscopical Society Meeting at Charleston, South Carolina, 20 October.
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.
Holland, J., 1989, [Cites BJF in] Microscopes and Microscopy, Sydney: Macleay Museum.
BJF, 1990, The Single Lens Microscope, [in] Landmark Discoveries in the Natural World, Natural History Museum, 27 April.
Report, 1990, BJF’s Brownian Movement lecture, The Linnean, 6 (2): 2.
Cooke, Peter, 1990, cites Brian J Ford on Brownian Movement [in] Review of Microscopy, Analytical Chemistry, 62: R423.
Phinney, Harry, 1990, [discussed Single Lens in] Revisionist History of Microscopical Sciences, Journal of Microscopy, 159 (2): 125-132, August.
BJF, 1990, 28th Humphrey Lecture - Living with Microscopes, Northampton Natural History Society, 1930h, 24 November.
BJF, 1991, Paper - Robert Brown and Brownian Movement, a Defense, 23 August. Inter Micro 91, Chicago, Illinois.
Cadée, G. C., 1991, Brownian Emotion [cites BJF], Nature, 354: 180, 21 November.
BJF, 1991, Robert Brown, Brownian Movement, and Teethmarks on the Hatbrim, [leading paper, transcript of extemporised lecture], The Microscope, 39 (3/4): 161-173.
[Cadée, G. C.], 1991, Robert Brown zag Brownse bewebening wel degelijte, Wetenschap & Onderwijs, NRC Handelsblad, 12 December.
Morrison, Philip, 1992, Through a Simple Lens [review of Leeuwenhoek Legacy, q.v.,] Scientific American, 266 (2): 118-119 (USA edition), [and] Scientific American, 266 (2): 25 (European edition), February.
Bown, William, 1992, Brownian Motion sparks renewed debate [illustrated report], New Scientist, 133 (1808): 25, 15 February.
BJF, 1992, The Controversy over Robert Brown and Brownian Movement, Biologist, 39 (3): 82-83, June.
BJF, 1992, [lectures] An Evening with Brian - The Proof of Brownian Movement (2000h, 13 July) Inter Micro 92, McCormick Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Peterson, Ivars, 1992, Brown’s ‘Brownian Movement’ revisited, [illustrated report], Science News, (USA), 142 (7): 109, 15 August.
Wheatley, Denys, 1992, Brown Motionless [correspondence], Biologist, 39 (4): 124.
[Gibbs, Waite], 1992, Brownian Emotion, [report], Economist: 118, 3 October.
BJF, 1992, Brown’s Observations Confirmed [illustrated with videomicrographs], Nature, 359: 265, 24 November.
BJF, 1992, How Brown saw Brownian Movement [presentation] Regional AGM, Institute of Biology, Cambridge, 7 November.
BJF, 1992, La Naissance de la Microscopie [lead article, with illustrations in colour], Paris: La Recherche , 23 (249): 1370-1378, Decembre.
McCrone, Walter, 1992 [reports on] Inter Micro 92: An Evening with Brian: the Proof of Brownian Movement, [in] The Microscope, 40 (3): 181-182, December.
Illman, John, 1992, [quotes BJF, Revelation and the Single Lens, British Medical Journal, 285: 1822-1824, December] The Mad Hatter and Arctic Willy, Health: 17, The Guardian, 29 December.
BJF, 1992, Brownian Movement in Clarkia pollen: a Reprise of the First Observations, The Microscope, 40 (4): 235-241.
Cooke, Peter, 1992, cites Brian J Ford work on Robert brown [in] Review of Microscopy, Analytical Chemistry, 64: R219-220, R222.
BJF, 1993, El Nacimiento de la Microscopia, Mundo Cientifico, 132: 116-124, February.
BJF, 1993, How Brown Viewed Brownian Movement, Laboratory News, 497: 12, March.
Marsden, J., 1993, (editor) Conversazione Programme [includes BJF Robert Brown video] London: Linnean Society, 20 May.
BJF, 1993, Early Images of Science (illustrated with colour micrographs), Microscopy & Image Analysis [supplement to] Laboratory News: 8, June.
BJF, 1993, Robert Brown’s Observations of Brownian Movement [presentation with videomicrographs] at Conversazione, Chelsea Physic Garden, London: Linnean Society, 2030h, 16 June.
Announcement, 1993, BJF to lecture at British Museum, London: The Times, ‘Today’s Events’ and other publications, 1 July.
BJF, 1993, Aspects of the History of Scientific Illustration [a slide lecture], London: British Museum, 1800h, 1 July.
Martin, L. V., 1993, Brownian Motion and Robert Brown’s Priority [discusses BJF’s research], Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 28 (3): 143-144, July.
BJF, 1993, Brownse Bevegelser og de Første Mikroskoper, Oslo: Naturen, 5: 214-221, August.
Announcement, 1993, BJF ‘Brownian Movement’ Overall first prize-winner in Institute of Science Technology Competition, London: Earl’s Court, 6 October.
BJF, 1993, What exactly did Brown see? Biologist, 40, (5): 192, November.
Overton, Marianne, 1993, BJF to lecture on The Banks Expeditions - the Dawning era of Microscopy, Institute of Biology, East Midlands Newsletter: 2, November.
Report, 1993, Ford brings Brown to Life (with colour illustration), Microscopy News, 1: 1, [distributed with Laboratory News, 506] December.
Silver, Sue, 1994, Institute of Biology Stand a great success at Lab-Ex, (includes report of Brian J Ford with Brown and Leeuwenhoek micrographs, etc., at Laboratory Exhibition, with photograph), Biologist, 41 (1): 45, February.
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.
Daerr, Nancy, 1994, Brian J Ford to lecture at Inter Micro 94: An Evening with Brian and The Shape of Things Past - Brownian Puzzlement, 18-19 July. Symposium Program, Chicago: McCrone Research, June.
BJF, 1994, Lectures at Inter Micro 94,
i: An Evening with Brian, 2000h, 18 July.
ii: The Shape of Things Past - Brownian Motion, the Third Movement, presentation of ‘Brownian Puzzlement’ video, 2030h, 19 July. Chicago: McCrone Research Institute.
Sander, K, 1994, An American in Paris and the Origins of the Stereomicroscope, Roux’s Archives of Developmental Biology, 203 (5): 235-242, 'According to the expert opinion of Brian Ford, these [microscopes] owe their invention directly to Henry Baker’s need for a better view of his ‘polypes’.' [cites Single Lens, q.v.].
Cooke, P. M., 1994, Chemical Microscopy, Analytical Chemistry, 66 (12): R558-594, 'Ford recreated [Robert Brown’s] observations on Clarkia pollen with modern videomicrographs using Brown’s original microscope. He proved, once again, that what is now simply called Brownian Movement was ‘unmistakably discernible to Brown ... ’ [cites BJF in Microscope, 40 (4): 235-241 (1992)].
Rochow, V., 1995, Introduction to Microscopy by Means of Light, Electrons, X-Rays, or Acoustics, 2nd edn., New York. Cites BJF’s Leeuwenhoek and Brown research.
Magner, Lois, 1995, discusses BJF research on early microscopy [in] A History of the Life Sciences: 152-154, New York: Marcel Dekker Inc.
BJF, 1995, Where modern science didn't come from [address], Institute of Biology annual regional dinner at Trent College, Nottingham, 20 January.
Meyer, Klaus, 1995, discusses BJF research on early microscopy [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 early microscopes and specimen [in] Understanding Biology: 65, 3rd edition, Boston: Wm. C. Brown Publishers.
Kleinsmith, Lewis & Kish, Valerie, 1995, Principle of Cell and Molecular Biology 2nd edition: 4, New York: Harper-Collins.
Hershey, Erica, 1995, Microscope-maker discovers tiny animals (cites BJF and Single Lens), Susquehana Times and Magazine Old News: 4-5, July-August.
BJF, 1995, First Steps in Experimental Microscopy, The Microscope, 43 (2): 47-57, plus cover illustration.
BJF, 1995, Charles Darwin and the Microscope, illustrated lecture, Darwin at Downe, History Sector of the Institute of Biology, 1600h, 9 September.
BJF, 1995, Hidden Secrets of the Microscope, illustrated lecture to British Association, Newcastle University, 1600h, 13 September.
BJF, 1995, The Nature of Innovation, Biologist, 42 (5): 236-238, November.
BJF, 1996, How Science Really Happened (lecture to Eumenides), Godmanchester, Cambridge, 1930h, 15 January.
BJF, 1996, The Nature of Innovation (reprinted from Biologist, 1995, 42 (5): 236-238), University of Hong Kong: School of Research Studies Newsletter, 3 (5): 1-4, January.
BJF, 1996, Developing Science, a Revisionist View, Kew Science Innovation Lecture at Jodrell Lecture Theatre, Kew Gardens, 1100h, 6 March.
Hopkin, Steve, 1996, [cites BJF's Images of Science in] Geoffroy, J-J, Mauriès, J-P, & Nguyen Duy-Jaquemin, M, (eds) Acta Myriapodologica, Mémoires de la musée nationale d'histoire naturelle, 169: 25-34, Paris.
Wall, Wilson, 1996, publishes Brian J Ford study of chironomid chromosomes taken with Brown-type microscope [in] Chromosome Genetics, London: Chapman and Hall.
Deutsch, Daniel, 1996, Brownian Motion, now you see it, now you don't, [discusses BJF's research, in] Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 31 (3): 222-227.
BJF, 1996, Confirming Robert Brown's Observations of Brownian Movement, Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society, 31 (4): 316-321.
Wormald, Mark, 1996, cites BJF's Revealing Lens (1973) and Single Lens (1985) in Microscopy and Semiotic in Middlemarch, Nineteenth Century Literature, 50: 501-510.
Cooke, Peter, 1996, cites BJF in Review of Chemical Microscopy, Analytical Chemistry, 68 (12): R333-378.
BJF, 1997, Lecture at Padova University, Earliest days of the Optical Microscope, 1530h, 2June.
Jones, D, 1997, [cites BJF on microscopy in] Microscopes Down the Centuries, 8pp, June.
BJF, 1997, The discovery of Brownian movement, illustrated lecture, Dow Microscopy Seminar, Michigan, 1200h, 23 October.
Jones, David, 1998, cites BJF's history of microscopy, Biologist 45 (1): 41-43, February.
BJF, 1998, Where science really came from, address to South Cambridgeshire Rotary, Cambridge, 1330h, 2 March.
Jones, D., 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, Frühe Mikroskopie, Spektrum der Wißenshaft: 68-71, June. (German translation from Scientific American).
BJF, 1998, Las primeras observaciones, Investigacion y Ciencia, 261: 20-23, June. (Spanish translation from Scientific American).
BJF, 1998, Nauka W Obrazach W Powigkszeniu, -wiat Nauki, 6 (82): 48-51, June. (Polish translation from Scientific American).
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).
Anon, 1998, announcement, Brian J Ford to lecture on How the Microscope was Born, Tuesday 1 December 1998, London: Royal Institution, programme booklet.
Jones, D., 1998, Assessment of a 19th century botanical microscope by photomicrographic
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.
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.
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.
Prescott, Lansing; Harley, John, and Klein, Donald, 1999, cite BJF books and Scientific American paper, 1998 (q.v.) 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.
BJF, 1999, A Thousand years of Science, millennium lecture to Society for the Application of Research, Churchill College Cambridge, 2030-2200h, 6 December.
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, 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, Chairman's address to A Century of Genetics conference, London: History Network of the Institute of Biology, 8 May.
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.
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.
BJF, 2001, The Royal Society and the Microscope, Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 55 (1): 1-25, January.
