Leopold Heath was a action man of the Victorian era. He participated in the Crimean War (1853-1856) and the Abyssinian campaign of 1868. He was also one of the key players in the Royal Navy campaign to finish slavery on the East Coast of Africa in 1868. In his retirement he became a man of business and he also continued taking part in anti slavery work. More information can be found at https://jjhc.info/heathleopold1907
Views: 380 | Enquiries: 0I was born and brought up in New Zealand in the 1960s and 1970s. After studying physics at University I left on a working holiday and came to the UK where I took up a job as an electronics engineer with Marconi Radar Systems Ltd. The company was based in Chelmsford but I was in the Field Services Dept and my work took me to Portsmouth for a few years and then Egypt and the Sultanate of Oman.
I continued to work in the British electronics industry throughout the 1980s and 1990s after which I changed careers and became an internet entrepreneur founding the company Local Surveyors Direct which is a family of price comparison websites for Building Surveys and other property services (www.localsurveyorsdirect.co.uk).
I have always been interested in family history and history generally and have written a book History of the World. I have also written a book about the 1960s & 1970s and a book about the 1980s. More info can be found on my website www.jjhc.info .
My other regular activity is as a member of Winchester Rotary Club where I am one of the organisers of the Clarendon Marathon (www.clarendon-marathon.co.uk).
I prefer giving talks in person. Happy to travel to most places in the South of England. I will also give talks online.
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