Dr David Mannion has three degrees in Astronomy and has taught in Schools and Colleges for 30 years in the UK, Austria and Turkey. He has also been a tutor for the Open University in both Physics and Astronomy.
Dr Mannion became a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1984 and was a member of its Education Committee from 2005 - 2010. He has run numerous Astronomy Clubs and was a founder member and a Vice President of the Association for Astronomy Education. He co-authored a book on Galileo called “Galileo and 400 Years of Telescopic Astronomy” published in 2010.
His other burning interest is weightlifting having once been a British Student Weightlifting and Powerlifting Champion in 1984. He is currently an International Referee for British Weightlifting and became a Masters Champion in the 94 kg class in 2007, 2010, 2012 and again in 2017. He was fourth in the recent European Masters WL championships 2015 held in Bangor North Wales. He wishes to keep lifting weights and watching the stars for as long as possible.
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