User:Derek Harkness
My name is Derek Harkness. I have a BSc. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Glasgow. I graduated in 1997. I have worked in various fields such as military engineering, transport and computing. Presently, I am employed as the Head Master of, and teacher at, a private English School in China.
I am an amateur historian. I also have a keen interest in photography; for which I have received several awards. Currently, I am trying to learn to speak and write Chinese but it is not at all easy. I have also, for several years, been the admin of webdevforums.com - one of the largest web design forums on the net.
Articles that I initiated or expanded from almost nothing on the old wikipedia.
Aberdeenshire Canal Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton Dunure Castle Lochranza Castle Portencross Castle Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland Walter Fitzalan Wulanhaote
Articles that I have made major contributions to on the old wikipedia.
Anshan Scotland Scottish people Paisley Paisley Abbey Iona Abbey Brodick Castle
Pages that I have made, or will soon make, live on Citzendium.
Scottish people Scotland Walter fitz Alan, 1st High Steward of Scotland Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland More to follow...
It is gratifying that other people have since expanded on these initial contributions. For details of other edits I have made, see my Contributions page.
Tasks: start a new article • add basic, wanted or requested articles • add definitions • add metadata • edit new pages
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