Author Biographies

Graham Hill

Graham Hill studied Natural Sciences followed by a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Trinity College, Cambridge. His first teaching appointment was at Marlborough College where he started to write science texts for students and teachers as well as articles for academic journals as diverse as Education in Chemistry, School Science Review and the British Journal of Educational Psychology.

As a young teacher, Graham was awarded a national prize for Science Teaching, which led to contributions to the Nuffield Chemistry Project. At this time, his interest in objective testing also led to an Advanced Diploma in Education.

After five years at Marlborough College, Graham was appointed Head of the Chemistry Department at Bristol Grammar School where he was joined shortly afterwards by John Holman. Their partnership in teaching and writing spawned a large number of publications, the best known being Chemistry in Context, together with a large array of peripheral materials such as audiocassettes, computer software and overhead projector transparencies.

Graham became Head of Science and then Senior Teacher at Bristol Grammar School. He then moved to Dr. Challoners Grammar School, Amersham as Deputy Head. In the late 1980's, Graham's involvement in science education at a national level led to secondments first as a Senior Fellow at the University of York and then as Chairman of the Association for Science Education.

Graham returned to Challoners in September 1989 and became Headmaster in 1993. Here he continues to follow his first academic passion - teaching and writing about science and particularly chemistry.

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