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A short biography
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Ann Lingard grew up in Cornwall and was educated
at Truro High School; she read Zoology at the University of London’s
Bedford College (when it was situated in the semi-rural surroundings
of Regent’s Park), and then moved to Cambridge to work for
her doctorate at the Molteno Institute, the University’s Department
of Parasitology. After completing her PhD she became a Research
Fellow at New Hall and was employed in a teaching and research post
at the Molteno.
Ann Lingard
Photograph by Rachel Lackie
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In 1975 Ann and her husband John moved to Glasgow where she lectured and ran
a research group in the University of Glasgow’s Zoology Department.
Then, in 1989, she opted for one of the University’s Voluntary Severance
schemes (‘leapt off the career ladder’ according to one colleague!)
— to become a writer and freelance broadcaster.
In 1991, the family moved to Islip, a village near Oxford, and Ann’s first two novels were published
by Headline; meanwhile, she also wrote articles about the countryside,
and worked as a freelance broadcaster.
| Since 2001, she and her family have lived on a smallholding
in West Cumbria, where they rear Herdwick sheep within sight of both the Lake District’s Fells
and the Solway Firth and Scottish hills. In 2004, Ann and John also set up Plumbland Consulting Ltd, offering a range of services related to science in higher education and industry, science communication, and advice on collaborations between science and the arts. |
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A Herdwick-Beltex-Bucket
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Photograph by Di Claridge |
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