About me
Vincent West
I was born in 1943 in Coventry, England. My wife Dorothy and I were married in 1964.
Dorothy is a retired schoolteacher of Drama and Theatre Studies. We have a daughter Amanda with husband Chris - they have two children,
Bethan and Daniel.
After obtaining a degree in Mathematics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, I worked for 35 years as a software
designer, mostly for International Computers Limited, retiring in 1999. My main fields of interest were databases, natural language
processing and computer security.
My published books are The Post Office and the Colleges (2004) and The Postal History of the Oxford Union Society to 1920 (2012).
I am a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society, London.
As well as numismatics and philately, my interests include ancient languages and oriental board games. I am ranked as first dan at Go
and was British Champion at Shogi (Japanese Chess) in 1988.
This page is maintained by Vincent West. Last updated 17 Feb 2012