Born 30th June 1913. Educated Clifton,and Bristol University. MB,ChB. 1937, FRCS 1948. War Service RAF VR Medical Branch 1939-46.  Malaya 1940. Japanese POW 1942-45, Java. Post War 1946-54 Surgical Registrar, various hospitals. 1954-78 General Practice Horsham, and Surgeon to Horsham Hospital. Married 1949 to Pauline Ward, 1 son,4 daughters and 13 grand children.  Interest in birds began at about 8 years old -- egg collecting at first (an acceptable hobby in those days).  In mid-teens, under the influence of school Natural History Society, egg collecting was given up and an interest in photography  was  instilled.  In 1930 "Wild Nature's Ways", by Richard Kearton, was chosen as a prize for German --it became my "bible".  First serious photography was in 1931 -- a Lapwing at nest, from a portable hide. The camera was a 2x3" metal ,double extension, model from Mail-order, £2.  First use of remote control was in 1933 to picture a Meadow Pipit on a favourite perch near the nest.  The camera was mounted on a flimsy metal tripod and the shutter was operated by means of a Bowden wire bicycle brake-cable adapted for the purpose.  First published photograph was a Dipper in "The Field",1936.  From 1939-50 the war and post-graduate surgical training interrupted further photography.  For the next few years a limited amount was done and then, in 1959  membership of the ZPC was achieved with the help of  Drs.Rudolf and Kevin Carlson (old friends from school days).  A busy professional life, and a growing family, limited photography to 2 weeks holiday p.a.and some weekly half-days.  My wife indulgently "let me off the hook" for  these two weeks and  I did trips to Spain,Portugal,Norway, Austria,Tunisia,Kenya and parts of the British Isles. (many of these with the late Derrick England.a pioneer in bird photography)  Until 1970 a 1/4 plate brass & mahogany camera was used with glass plates and roll-film in an adaptor. After 1970 a 135mm ttl camera was gradually introduced with lenses from 135mm - 300mm and latterly 75-300mm zoom. From 1960 to 1980 monochrome plates  were published in "British Birds" regularly in every year and in 1978 a selection with a short biography under the title "British Bird Photographers. In the earlier years , with the plate camera, all films and prints were home-processed.  Colour film was used only sparingly and this was processed commercially.  From 1980-90 colour printing with cibachrome was done at home but latterly professional labs have been used. With declining mobility most recent work has been done in the garden by infra-red remote control.