User:Rogermehtab

Artist, Sculptor and Writer b.1951 India. A graduate in Finance and career Civil Service Executive. Studies and employments include The Royal College of Surgeons (London), London Hospital Medical College (London) City College London. Lewisham College, Westminster College. West Dean College, The Heriot Watt University, Queen Mary College, University of London, Preston Polytechnic.

He has degrees in Accounts and Finance, Management of Resource, Planning, Art and an Honours degree in Music.

Mehtab retired in 2011 leaving finance and Executive interests to become a producer of Creative Fine Art under the trading name "Fine Art and Sculpture Commissions" He authored two books " Love Always Wins" (2005) and the very unusual " Marthe-The Unknown Child in the very old photograph" (2012). The books are historical and personal biographies written in a very private and intimate style, the first being dedicated to Piarjit, his severely disabled daughter. This was acclaimed by a publisher as " a historical document if some importance". The second book dealt with a mysterious, unknown infant that he saw in an old memento mori death photograph. Struck by the grief within the image he set out to identify and find her, which was considered to be impossible by archive researchers and experts. However against all the odds he astonished his critics and identified the child as Marthe Esther Clotilde Thiry who died in 1884 aged 18 months. The book is a deeply touching and highly entertaining biography of the events leading up to the identification of the dead child. Having successfully published both books Mehtab further raised eyebrows by insisting that profits go to children's charities. To see videos go to YouTube and search for Marthe Thiry. The videos are in parts and quite short, watch part 1 first and proceed from there.