User:Aofrancis

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

UK

This user uses British English.

BSc

This user has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology.

PhD

This user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Palaeontology.

This user studies or studied at Durham University.

This user attends or attended the University of Birmingham

Oxon.

This user is an Oxonian.

This user is interested in Geology.

My name is Andrew and I live in the West Midlands town of Solihull, UK. I am originally a geologist by training, holding a first class degree in the subject from the University of Durham (St Aidan's College) and a Ph.D in palaeontology (Jurassic molluscs: Trigoniacea) and applied statistics from the University of Birmingham, where I was supervised by the prolific writer on the Jurassic, Anthony Hallam, (who in turn was one of the great William Joscelyn Arkell's few students at Cambridge), the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford and The Natural History Museum, London. I am an elected Fellow of the Geological Society of London, FGS.

I am also a Chartered Accountant with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

My favourite areas of the UK are:

I also love visiting museums, these and other places of interest are shown below:

Academic Interests:

I am particularly interested in the history of science and the biographies of those contributors who have shaped scientific thought in the Twentieth Century, particularly in the field of Earth and Biological Sciences. I am also fascinated by British Political history post WW II. I am currently studying Public Policy Economics as a short course at the University of Oxford.

Articles I have started

Geologists of the Twentieth Century