Harry Campbell

Harry Campbell was born in the southwest of England but has lived for many years in Glasgow. Despite the Scottish surname, his family roots lie in North Wales. After degrees in modern languages and linguistics and time spent teaching English in Belgium and Spain, he worked as a bilingual lexicographer and editor for Larousse and Harper Collins, before going freelance. As 'an armchair traveller and avid collector of maps' he became interested in the subject of obsolete placenames and the stories behind them, which led to the publication of "Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?" by Portico, an imprint of Anova Books.

He writes a blog at http://harrycampbell.blogspot.com