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'''Michael Reeve''', PhD works in central [[London]]. He was born in [[St Bartholomew's Hospital]], and is therefore a [[Cockney]] by birth, though doesn't have the [[Distinguishing_accents_in_English#Cockney|Cockney accent]]. He currently lives in a flat in [[Tulse Hill]].

== Life ==

He graduated from [[Brasenose College, Oxford|Brasenose College]], [[Oxford University]] in [[1997]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in [[Biology|Biological Sciences]]. He then studied for a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in [[evolutionary genetics]] at [[University College London]], completing his thesis in [[2001]], and graduating in [[2003]]. His thesis title was ''[http://www.theses.com/idx/scripts/it.asp?xml=/idx/docs/all/52/it00454243.htm Temperature, Body Size and Life History in ''Drosophila melanogaster'']''. He can talk at great length about why right-thinking people shouldn't pursue a career in academic scientific research, particularly in the [[United Kingdom]].

His main hobbies are reading, television, cinema and travelling. He maintains [http://www.mykreeve.net/ a website of photographs from his travels]. In [[2003]], he visited [[California]] and [[Peru]], and in [[2004]] visited [[Paris]] three times, as well as visiting [[Japan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Sikkim]] and [[Bhutan]]. In [[2005]], he went to [[Bilbao]], visited northern [[Sweden]] to go [[sled dog|husky]] [[sledding]] in the [[Arctic Circle]], went to [[Mongolia]] to attend the [[Naadam|Naadam festival]], and travelled through [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]. In [[2006]], he went walking in the [[Lake District]] and made a short trip to [[Prague]]. In [[2007]], he went to [[Rome]], [[Barcelona]], and the [[Languedoc]] and [[Provence]] regions of [[France]]. In [[2008]], he has visited [[Florida]], [[Syria]] and [[Jordan]], and made another visit to [[Paris]] on [[Eurostar]].

In [[2009]], he plans to visit [[Morocco]], see [[Falles|Las Fallas]] in [[Valencia]] with his girlfriend's flatmate, and tour [[Southeast Asia]].

His favourite authors include; [[Haruki Murakami]], [[John Steinbeck]], [[Douglas Coupland]], [[Chuck Palahniuk]], [[Nevil Shute]], [[Philip Pullman]], [[Alfred Bester (author)|Alfred Bester]] and [[Iain M. Banks]].

He finally read ''and finished'' [[Naked Lunch]], on [[September 5]], [[2007]], after two abortive attempts. He doesn't think it was worth the effort.

He joined Wikipedia on [[December 14]], [[2003]], and has been an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] since [[May 8]], [[2004]].

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== Articles he has created ==

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[[Doris Salcedo]] | [[Basheba Spooner]] | [[Jonny Kennedy]] | [[Pob's Programme]] | [[Wogan]] | [[Kate Howey]] | [[Dan Cruickshank]] | [[Clean (movie)]] | [[Amphibalus]] | [[Benjamin Cromwell Franklin]] | [[Man versus Horse Marathon]] | [[Edwin Henry Landseer]] | [[Chelsea pensioner]] | [[Royal Hospital Chelsea]] | [[RAF Museum]] | [[Pitt Rivers Museum]] | [[Oxford University Museum of Natural History]] | [[Bandelier National Monument]] | [[Aztec Ruins National Monument]] | [[Robert Byron]] | [[Valencia Community College]] | [[Valdosta State University]] | [[Mount Aniakchak]] | [[Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve]] | [[Agate Fossil Beds National Monument]] | [[Russell Cave National Monument]] | [[London Pavilion]] | [[Evolution of sex]] | [[Jerry Springer - The Opera]] | [[Flag of Uzbek SSR]] | [[Flag of Ukrainian SSR]] | [[Flag of Turkmen SSR]] | [[Flag of Tadzhik SSR]] | [[Flag of Moldavian SSR]] | [[Flag of Lithuanian SSR]] | [[Flag of Latvian SSR]] | [[Flag of Kirghiz SSR]] | [[Flag of Kazakh SSR]] | [[Flag of Byelorussian SSR]] | [[Flag of Azerbaijan SSR]] | [[Flag of Armenian SSR]] | [[1936 in sports]] | [[1943 in sports]] | [[The Kingdom]] | [[Zatoichi]] | [[69th Academy Awards]] | [[71st Academy Awards]] | [[72nd Academy Awards]] | [[73rd Academy Awards]] | [[74th Academy Awards]] | [[Kiyomizu-dera]] | [[Broadway Tower]] | [[Spanish Grand Prix]] | [[Italian Grand Prix]] <small>(stub)</small> | [[San Marino Grand Prix]] | [[Bahrain Grand Prix]] <small>(stub)</small> | [[Kodak Theatre]] | [[Royal Oak (tree)|Royal Oak]] | [[Clock Tower]] | [[Royal Exchange]] | [[All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku]]
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== Images ==
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|[[Image:Barnstar-camera.png|111px|thumb|For [[:User:MykReeve/Gallery|all the brilliant images]] you've taken and uploaded to the Wiki, I award you '''The Photographer's Barnstar''' :-) <br>&mdash;[[User:Craigy144|Craigy]]]]
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Photographs that he has contributed to Wikipedia can be viewed in the [[User:MykReeve/Gallery|Photograph gallery]].

Diagrams that he has contributed to Wikipedia can be viewed in the [[User:MykReeve/Diagrams|Diagram gallery]].
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== Trivia ==

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That's one of Michael's eyes in the [[Iridology]] article - he took the photograph himself. Oddly, the same image is used in the [[User:UBX/Dualism|Dualism]] infobox. Michael does not believe in the claims of iridology, and is not a dualist.

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== Future Work ==

At some point when he gets round to it, he wants to write articles on:
* <s>[[Bandai Museum]], a museum in [[Matsudo]], [[Tokyo]] devoted to [[Bandai|Bandai's]] toys, television series and films.</s> extend article, add picture
* <s>[[Royal Hospital Chelsea]] (variously linked to as [[Royal Hospital, Chelsea]] and [[Chelsea Royal Hospital]] amongst others), a [[hospital]] for [[United Kingdom|British]] [[soldier]]s who are unfit for further duty. Now explain what a [[Chelsea pensioner]] is.</s>
* [[Katsuhito Ishii]], a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[film director|director]], responsible for ''[[Party 7]]'' and <s>''[[Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl]]''</s>.
* <s>the [[RAF Museum]] at [[Hendon]] in [[London]]. [[RAF Museum Hendon]] and [[RAF Museum Cosford]].</s>
* <s>[[Robert Byron]] (1909-1941), a [[United Kingdom|British]] pre-war [[travel]] writer, whose best known work is</s> ''[[The Road to Oxiana]]''

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