Biography of Dr A Colin Day
1935 | Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire |
1945-53 | West Leeds High School |
1953-56 | King's College, Cambridge Qualification: M.A. in Natural Sciences |
1953 | Accepted Christ as Saviour at the Freshers' Sermon of the Christian Union |
1956-58 | National Service in the Royal Air Force Junior Technician (Airborne Radar) |
1958-59 | Bible Training Institute, Glasgow |
1959 | Joined Wycliffe Bible Translators / Summer Institute of Linguistics |
1960 | Married Isobel Jean Bellerby |
1960-63 | In South Vietnam Learning Tho (a tribal language) Produced trial edition of Mark's Gospel in Tho |
1963-66 |
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Qualification: Ph.D. in General Linguistics |
1966-67 |
In India and Nepal, assisting WBT/SIL workers |
1967 | Resigned from WBT/SIL |
1967-92 | Computer Centre, University College London, University of London Head of Applications Computer Consultant Qualification: FBCS (Fellow of the British Computer Society) |
1994 | Retired to Wensleydale, North Yorkshire |
If you want to know more, then here is the story of my life in some detail, which you may download as Microsoft Word™ files, chapter by chapter.
Chapter 5: Preparation for service
Chapter 6: Jungle Camp and beyond