Biographical Notes Born in 1949, Brian burgess went to Grammar School from 1960 to 1963, when he left his home in Chester-le-Street, Co Durham, and finished his secondary school education in a comprehensive school, with 4 'o' level certificates. Apprenticed to Morganite Carbon Limited, he learnt a fitters' trade, and gained various National Certificates in Mechanical Engineering. In 1969 he enrolled at Middlesex Polytechnic to complete a thin sandwich degree course in Mechanical Engineering. During the two industrial breaks he worked in Germany, and predominantly Switzerland, acquiring a fluen...