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Move to Sheffield , South Yorkshire, in late 1953. High School at King Edward VII School (Sheffield). Camping trips to Cornwall , Scotland and Ireland. Exploring Derbyshire and the Pennines . Open Exhibition in Geography to Selwyn College, Cambridge in 1959. Fieldwork in the Swiss Alps, Norway and the Macgillycuddy Reeks, County Kerry, southwest Ireland brings to life the recent glacial history of these regions. I develop an interest in recent geological history while at Cambridge.
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Williams, M. (2016). Sheffield, the Pennines and Cambridge (1953–1962). In: Nile Waters, Saharan Sands. Springer Biographies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25445-6_3
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