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[[Image:brockville2.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Myself at [[Osmington Mills]], [[Dorset]], Summer 2006)]]

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).

I am originally from [[Huddersfield]] in [[West Yorkshire]] where I attended [[Salendine Nook High School]] and [[Huddersfield New College]].

My favourite areas of the UK are:
*[[Islay]]
*[[Jura, Scotland|Jura]]
*[[Dorset]]
*[[Anglesey]]
*[[Cotswolds]]
*[[Yorkshire Dales]], particularly around [[Grassington]] and [[Malham]]
*[[Lake District]] (mainly [[Langdale]])

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

*[[Oxford University Museum of Natural History]]
*[[Natural History Museum]], [[London]]
*[http://www.sedgwickmuseum.org/ Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge University]
*[[Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery]]
*[[Durham Cathedral]]
*[http://www.finlaggan.com/ Finlaggan Visitor Centre, Islay]

'''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]]
*[[George Malcolm Brown]]
*[[John Frederick Dewey]]
*[[Kingsley Charles Dunham]]
*[[Anthony Hallam]]
*[[Maurice Tucker]]
*[[William Joscelyn Arkell]]

'''[[Systematic]] [[Palaeontology]]'''

*[[Trigoniacea]] (under development)
*[[Trigoniidae]] (under development)