The portrait above was hurriedly sketched by an American art student, Earl Sipes, in near darkness at the White Horse Pub, Oxford, England, in 1978.
I was born in Geelong, Victoria on 31/10/47, and currently live close to Melbourne. I originally studied electrical engineering at the Gordon Institute of Technology but didn't like it that much. During 1970/71 I served as a combat soldier in South Vietnam and also didn't like it that much. During the 1970's I twice travelled around the world visiting some 70 countries in all. During my first world trip I also worked in England for several years. Circa 1980 I changed careers and started working in occupational health and safety. During the early 1990's I lived in South Australia for several years and taught occupational health and safety at several Technical and Further Education Colleges. My senior degree is in occupational health and safety and I also have tertiary qualifications in computer technology, and workplace training. After 10 long years in occupational health and safety consulting and training at the Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry I joined Ergosh Safety Management Services in September 2007. I am an avid book collector and have an extensive library on astronomy, history, science, mythology, freethought, and skepticism. Due to lack of space for shelves the bulk of my library has been consigned to storage for several decades. Hopefully, over the next several years I will have the bulk of my library shelved. I used to enjoy sky diving to relax but gave it up after colliding with a caravan during a high-wind landing. I have a Celestron 5 telescope and a 20-centimetre f/25 (Dall-Kirkham) Cassegrain telescope. My astronomical interests mostly involve lunar observation and the history of Babylonian astral sciences. I am also (slowly) trying to put together detailed biographies of the early pioneers of Babylonian mathematical astronomy Joseph Epping, Johann Strassmaier, Franz Kugler, and Johann Schaumberger, but there is a lack of detailed information and written estate to build on. However, considerable information can be obtained from obituaries, book reviews, and journal articles.
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