Collaboration
Melissa Hardie
John Dirring
John Dirring has had a wide-ranging commercial and academic career. His doctoral thesis at the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University of Exeter in 2015 embodied considerable and still ongoing research into the history of banking in Cornwall and its methods, and is titled, “The Organization and Practice of Banking in Cornwall, 1771–1922,” and it was here that he first encountered Elizabeth Carne and the Penzance Bank. He resides in Devon, UK, where he continues to write about the origins of Cornish banking. He has expertise in a wide range of Victorian topics, such as railways in Britain and railroads in America, sailing vessels, and farming as well.
Prof Frances Wall
We would like to thank Dr Wall for her expert review and feedback of the geological and mineralogical passages in The Light Among Us.
Dr Wall’s research interests include:
- Creating a circular economy for technology metals, including critical raw materials by considering the whole value system – raw materials from mining and recycling and all of the innovation, business models and regulation in between that create a true circular economy where metals have long and productive cycles of use.
- Formation of ore deposits, including rare earths, niobium, tantalum and phosphate deposits
- Carbonatites and alkaline rocks: fundamental controls on their petrogenesis, including mantle metasomatism, and rapidly erupted extrusive carbonatites.
- Responsible mining including ethical sourcing of metals, LCA, and public perception of mining.
- Regional development of georesources in Cornwall and SW England, including metals and minerals, geothermal energy and the associated service, education and research sectors.
