Explorations Speaker Mike Millwood
Mike Millwood was born in London, England, with the sound of Bow Bells, making him a true ‘cockney’. He survived the German bombing of that city and at the end of the second World War attended Grammar School and won a state scholarship to study at London University, where he obtained an Honors Degree in International History. He undertook post-graduate studies at Nottingham University and then entered the teaching profession. He taught in several high schools, eventually becoming head of a history faculty and receiving his Master’s Degree from Leicester University. In 1965 he became a senior lecturer at Kesteven College, a part of Nottingham University, and it was here that he met his wife Lyn. Shortly after their marriage he accepted a post to be the first principal of the Menai Center, a short-term residential education facility in Wales. In 1990 he decided to accept a post as Principal Examiner in History at Cambridge University’s Local Examinations Syndicate. Mike was awarded a Residential Fellowship at Liverpool University during a sabbatical in 1985 and in 1992 he gained a Traveling Scholarship to Japan awarded by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. In 1997 Mike and Lyn made the decision to emigrate to Arkansas become U.S. citizens. Mike now teaches history on a part-time basis at the National Park Community College in Host Springs. In the summer of 2002 he was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Bursary to be visiting Scholar at the University of Southern California.
explorations speaker series lectures
Join Explorations Speaker Mike Millwood at 11:00 am in the Queen’s Lounge for his lecture Dutch Settlements in South Africa – and the British Takeover, 1814. Come hear how the beautiful port of Cape Town was first developed by the Dutch in the 17th century and the reasons for this. The subsequent British capture of Cape Colony and the payment made to the Dutch will also be examined. Then, at 2:00 pm in the Queen’s Lounge, John Splettstoesser presents Penguins and Rocks – how they coexist and leave evidence useful for sea-level studies. Learn how Rockhopper penguins and some other species have the ability to leave traces of their presence in the rocks.
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