User:Calvete

Surname: Calvete

First name: Louis

Louis@calvete.fsnet.co.uk

Born in University College Hospital, London in 1923, British but of Spanish parents (from Navarre, Spain), thus bilingual in English/Spanish, educated at Kimbolton School

Currently living in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 6DG, England, United Kingdom.

1939 Emigrated to Quito, Ecuador, worked in pharmaceutical company and later in the British Embassy.

1946 Returned to England and resumed studies and started work at I.C.I. on gases at very high pressures.

1952 B.Sc. in Chemistry and Mathematics at University of London. Fellow of Royal Institute of Chemistry. Research on acrylic resins and other polymers.

1967 Statistical/computer methods in financial, economic and experimental data. Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.

1975 Export Manager Latin America and West Africa.

1980 Retired from I.C.I.

1986 Qualified Translator by Chartered Institute of Linguists, Founder Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting.

2000 Retired from professional activities. Interests:

The early technical history of Ladies' Hairdressing - see: Perm (hairstyle)

The Life and Work of Nestor Cambier (Belgian painter) - see: Nestor Cambier

Currently modifying entry Lumbier

Genealogy

Photograph archiving and manipulation

Would be interested in historical/social research using above experience and knowledge of Spanish.

email address: louis@calvete.fsnet.co.uk