User:Goldcrest85/Ian Harrison (inventor)

Ian Harrison, Inventor. Ian Harrison born Staines UK 8th April 1935. Father; Austin Harrison, Mechanical Engineer and Mother; Doris Harrison nee Carter. One daughter Andrea Corinne Clark and three grandchildren. Chantel, Aaron and Kyle who live in Scotland. Ian Harrison is an eccentric polymath who's career spans Engineering, Architecture, Building, Lecturer in History of Science and Fluid Logic with Boolean Algebra, Professional Artist, Published Author, Inventor and Poet. He was educated at the Prince of Wales School, Nairobi and gained a BA degree in History with Science with the Open University in 1974. Ian Harrison completed an engineering apprenticeship with the Holman Group, Compressed Air Engineers of Camborne in Cornwall in 1956 when he was promoted to the Pneumatic Tool Design Office. In 1962 he completed a 5 bedromm bungalow that he had designed and built himself and left Holmans to start his own Architectural Office which he ran until 1968. He took up a lecturing post at Letchworth College of Technology in 1969 teaching History of Science, Fluid Logic and Boolean Algebra. Ian Harrison was retired on health grounds in 1981 and has concentrated on his writing and painting ever since. He first exhibited his paintings with the Royal Miniature Society in 1969 and ha is a Member of the Hilliard Society of Miniaturists. He paints woodland scenes and miniature portraits. He held two one man exhibitions of his paintings at Woburn Abbey in 1975 and 1976. Ian Harrison is the inventor of the Milli-Grip spanner which is being produced and sold through HCM Ltd and can be seen on the website www.milli-grip.com He is currently engaged in writing a new Diet book which has the additional advantage of controlling diabetes. His other interests are Travel and reading.