Storer, James Donald

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STORER, James Donald

STORER, James Donald. British, b. 1928. Genres: Air/Space topics, Engineering, Technology, Transportation. Career: Author and museum consultant since 1988. With Design Office, British Aircraft Corp., Weybridge, Surrey, 1948-66; Assistant Keeper, 1966-78, and Keeper, 1978-85, Dept. of Technology, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh; Keeper, Dept. of Science, Technology, and Working Life, National Museums of Scotland, 1985-88. Publications: Steel and Engineering, 1959; Behind the Scenes in an Aircraft Factory, 1965; It's Made Like This: Cars, 1967; The World We Are Making: Aviation, 1968; A Simple History of the Steam Engine, 1969; How to Run an Airport, 1971; How We Find Out about Flight, 1973; Flying Feats, 1977; Book of the Air, 1979; Great Inventions, 1980; (with others) Encyclopaedia of Transport, 1983; (co-author) East Fortune: Museum of Flight and History of the Airfield, 1983; Ship Models in the Royal Scottish Museum, 1986; The Conservation of Industrial Collections, 1989; (co-author) Industry and Transport in Scottish Museums, 1997; (co-author) Liverpool on Wheels, 1998. Address: 41 Campion Way, Sheringham, Norfolk NR26 8UN, England.

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