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Chris Walley (born 1954 in Wales) is a geologist, author, and tertiary education lecturer == Life and career == Chris Walley was born in Wales in 1954; however, he grew up in northern England. He received a Bachelor of Science in geology from Sheffield University and a Phd from the University of Wales, Swansea. He taught at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon from 1980–84, where he met his wife and where his two sons John and Mark were born. From 1984–94 he was based in Swansea where he was a consultant for the oil industry. He did fieldwork in a number of African and Asian countries and wrote numerous synthesis volumes on the geology of different countries. In the late eighties, he began writing in his spare time. He had two novels, ''Heart of Stone'' and ''Rock of Refuge'', published under the pseudonym of John Haworth. In 1994, he was asked to return to Lebanon to rebuild the Department of Geology at AUB and lived there with his family until 1998. During that time he carried out both teaching and research〔Walley (1998) ''Some outstanding issues in the geology of the Lebanon and their importance in the tectoic evolution of the Levantine region'', Tectonophysics, Vol 298, p37–62〕 duties was also involved in setting up a large environmental project in the Bekaa with A Rocha Lebanon. In 1998, he returned to the UK and began to make a new career in writing and editing, in particular for the Christian market. He retained his geological interests, however, and led field trips for Wheaton College, Illinois. In September 2004 he started teaching again, geology and geography, at Gorseinon College, now Gower College Swansea. He now teaches geology and environmental science there full-time while writing in his spare time. In August 2006, he became the treasurer of the British Beekeepers Association having been a member of the organisation for many years. Maintaining his beehives has always been his favourite pastime when not teaching or writing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chris Walley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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