I was born in London in 1943when
the air raid sirens sounded the all clear. I learned to love reading at
Elm Park County Primary School and chemistry at Newport (Essex) Grammar
School. I obtained a B.Sc. and a PhD in chemistry at the University of
Durham and met my wife there. I worked for Monsanto in Zurich, the
University of Bristol, The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority at
Amersham, and then in the Chemistry Department of Queen Mary College in
the University of London.
My wife and I lived for over 20 years in Tring on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, where we raised our three children. Finally freed from constraints we retreated to Berwick upon Tweed, England’s most northerly town and the home of my maternal ancestors, where we live as happily as the Universe allows.
My wife and I lived for over 20 years in Tring on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, where we raised our three children. Finally freed from constraints we retreated to Berwick upon Tweed, England’s most northerly town and the home of my maternal ancestors, where we live as happily as the Universe allows.