Born in Kendal, Cumbria and educated at Sheffield University where he completed his studies in June 1983. Has published 'Insects in Skye', Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists Society, 1980; 'Some less common beetles taken in south Lakeland, Bird Report, Cumbria Natural History Socity publication, 1981; 'Leistus rfomarginatus (Dufts.) from the South Yorkshire Pennines', Ent,mon.Mag., 118, 1982, 68; and 'Cymindis vaporariorum (L) from a coastal bog in Cumbria', ibid, 119, 1983, 150. His vacation work has included spells at the Freshwater Biological Association (1980); ITE (1981); Imperial College Cheviot Expedition (1981); and in the Sheffield City and British Museums. In the last he worked for six weeks sorting and rearranging the world beetle larvae collection.
FRES and member of the AES and BBC. Between 1981-2 he was Chairman of the Sheffield Conservation Corps. (Information from TJB 1983) (MD 8/17)