orcid.org/0000-0002-1383-7040B.A. Hons. (First Class), The Open University, 1990
Ph.D. Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, 2001
Member of The Royal Historical Society (elected 2016)
Member of The Royal Musical Association, The Galpin Society, The British Harpsichord Society, The American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS) and The Furniture History Society
Contact e-mail: md01 'at' debenham.org.uk
Margaret Debenham’s professional background is in the field of educational technology. Her doctoral studies concerned an exploration of certain applications of computer mediated conferencing to support the studies of disabled distance learners in tertiary education.
In retirement her interest turned to research into the life and work of a number of early harpsichord, pianoforte and furniture makers.
13 September 2026
Dear Reader,
A complete list of all my research papers (disability related, early musical instrument and furniture makers related) is now available in the Exchange Section of the MIRCat site in America, with links there to full texts, the majority of which are free to access and download one copy for personal research purposes. (My grateful thanks to John Watson for his invaluable assistance with this archiving project)
These include a book length collated pdf of the core biographical article and Appendix of all the materials from my former ‘ William Southwell, Musical Instrument Maker’ website, for which I retain author’s copyright.
My late husband, Michael Debenham’s Debenham Family History site is also fully archived on the Guild of One Names Studies site. Please follow the above link to access that site.
Finally, I would like to thank you, my readers, for your interest in my work over the years. It all remains available via the MIRCat site and I hope you will continue to find it useful in the future.
Margaret Debenham