History of Astronomy and Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century

PhD 2026: History and Philosophy of Science, Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS), University College London.

MSc, 2019: History and Philosophy of Science, Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS),University College London.

BA, 2015: Astronomy - Astrophysics/Physics, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences (APS), University of Colorado Boulder.

Garrison JA. The British Expedition to Northern Europe for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1851. Society for the History of Astronomy Autumn 2023 Conference, Birmingham, 21 Oct 2023 

Liu D, Garrison JA, Gressot J, Rossi E. A Mysterious Coulomb Torsion Balance in the collections of the Deutsches Museum, XLII Scientific Instrument Symposium, Scientific Instrument Commission, University of Palermo, 20 Sept 2023 

Garrison JA. Preparations for the British Expedition to Northern Europe for the Solar Eclipse of 1851, British Society for the History of Science Postgraduate Conference 2023, University of Oxford, 30 Mar 2023 

Garrison JA. British Solar Eclipse Expeditions During the Long 19th Century, STS Department Work-in-Progress Seminars, University College London, 20 Feb 2023 

Garrison JA. When Does Invisible Labour Become Visible?, STS Department PhD Research Space 2023, University College London, 13 Feb 2023 

Garrison JA. Material Culture of Nineteenth Century Solar Research, STS Department PhD Research Space 2022, University College London, 17 Feb 2022 

Linsky JL, Fontenla JM, Witbrod [Garrison] JA, France K. An Empirically-derived non-LTE XUV-Visible Spectral Synthesis Model of the M1 V Exoplanet Host Star GJ832, AAS Meeting, Kissimmee, FL, 5 Jan 2016 

Fontenla JM, France K, Linsky JL, Vieytes M, Witbrod [Garrison] JA. Chromospheres of Various Cool Stars from Models of the UV, AAS/AGU Triennial Earth-Sun Summit, Indianapolis, IN, 29 Apr 2015

Garrison, Jesse Aaron. ‘British Solar Eclipse Expeditions in the Nineteenth Century’. PhD diss., University College London, 2026.

Garrison, Jesse. ‘A Brief History of the UCL Department of Mathematics’. UCL200 - History of the Mathematics Department, UCL Department of Mathematics, 2026. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/maths/ucl200-history-mathematics-department.

Kent, Deborah, Jesse Garrison, Megan Briers, Ileana Chinnici, Frédéric Soulu, and Daniel Belteki. ‘Towards a Global History of the 1860 Total Solar Eclipse’. HoST - Journal of History of Science and Technology 19, no. 1 (2025). https://doi.org/10.2478/host-2025-0002.

Garrison, J., J. Gressot, D. Liu, and E. Rossi. ‘One of a Kind: A Unique Coulomb Torsion Balance with Modifications in the Collections of the Deutsches Museum, Munich’. Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society 166 (2025): 14–21. https://scientificinstrumentsociety.org/bulletin-166-september-2025/

Rossi, Elisabeth, Daniel Liu, Julien Gressot, and Jesse Garrison. 'Investigating a “Coulomb’s torsion balance with modifications” in the collections of the Deutsches Museum, Munich.' Scientific Instrument Society Blog, 21 November 2024, https://scientificinstrumentsociety.org/investigating-a-coulombs-torsion-balance-with-modifications-in-the-collections-of-the-deutsches-museum-munich/.

Fontenla, J. M., Jeffrey L. Linsky, Jesse Garrison, et al. ‘Semi-empirical Modeling of the Photosphere, Chromosphere, Transition Region, and Corona of the M-dwarf Host Star GJ 832’. The Astrophysical Journal 830, no. 2 (2016): 154. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/830/2/154.

Stringfellow, G. S., B. Bell, N. Bremer, S. Grandone, and J. Witbrod [Garrison]. ‘Pre-Discovery Optical Detections of the Apparent Nova (2014-07a?) In M31Reported in ATel #6305’. The Astronomer’s Telegram 6324 (2014).