Ray FilbyAuthor Information - Ray Filby Dr Filby was a scholar at the Royal College of Science, Imperial College, London University from which he graduated with a B.Sc, and a Ph.D. in physics. Later, during his career, he was awarded an M.Sc. degree in manufaturing systems engineering by Warwick University where he was awarded a special prize by the university for his performance on this course. Ray Filby fulfilled his National Service in the army (R.E.M.E.) which he completed as officer in charge of the garrison telecommunications workshop in Gibraltar. He worked for a time as a development engineer with Hilger and Watts, a London based firm of optical instruments and machines. A large part of his career was spent in education lecturing in maths and physics at technical colleges in Birmingham and High Wycombe before becoming head of the maths and science department at Henley College in Coventry. After fulfilling a short term contract as a technical writer for Jaguar cars, Ray Filby spent the final part of his career working for Severn Trent Water as an information scientist in their water quality department. Ray Filby has had many years' experience of church life in a number of churches, fulfilling at various times, the roles of Pathfinder Group Leader, Youth Fellowship Leader, Secretary to the Parochial Church Council, Churchwarden and Reader (Licensed Lay Minister). This experience is reflected in the stories he writes which embrace several genres, including historical fiction, short stories, Bible study, murder stories and romantic fiction. Many of these have been self published. Read More Read Less