Background
Appleby, John Hilary was born on November 8, 1938 in Maymyo, Burma. Son of Charles Bernard Appleby and Hilary Agnes Sharpe.
Appleby, John Hilary was born on November 8, 1938 in Maymyo, Burma. Son of Charles Bernard Appleby and Hilary Agnes Sharpe.
Student, University College, London, 1957—1959. Student, Aarhus University, Denmark, 1957—1959. General degree in Danish, London University, 1962.
Bachelor in Russian, London University, 1963. Master of Arts in Literary Translate, University Essex, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Anglo-Russian Medical National History, East Anglia University, 1979.
Radio monitor National Service, Berlin, 1959—1961. With Soviet section Foreign Office Research Department, London, 1963—1965. Press monitor Foreign Broadcast Information Service (United States), 1967—1970.
Assistant Russian editor British Industrial Publicity Overseas, London, 1970—1973. Freelance writer, translation, researcher, since 1974. Lecturer in field; book reviewer and referee.
Fellow: Society Antiquaries London. Member: Society Authors, Transls. Association.