Background
Firbank, Leslie George was born on May 10, 1957 in Guisborough, Cleveland, United Kingdom. Son of Robert Firbank and Esther Lilian Armstrong Nolan.
Firbank, Leslie George was born on May 10, 1957 in Guisborough, Cleveland, United Kingdom. Son of Robert Firbank and Esther Lilian Armstrong Nolan.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Imperial College, London, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, U. East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, 1984.
Senior research assistant, Liverpool (England) University, 1982-1985; lecturer biology, Anglia Polytechnic, Cambridge, England, 1985-1988; senior lecturer statistics, Anglia Polytechnic, Cambridge, England, 1988-1991; senior ecologist, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Monks Wood, England, since 1991. Secretary Land Use Research Coord. Committee, North American Electric Reliability Corporation, Swindon, since 1992.
Member British Ecological Society (member meetings committee 1986-1989).
Married Elizabeth Josephine Mann, November 13, 1982. Children: Jonathan Laurence, Andrew James.