Peter Laurie

Background

Peter Laurie was born on April 2, 1937, in Reigate, United Kingdom. He is a son of Alec Laurie, an inventor, and Margaret (Mason) Laurie.

Education

In 1962, Peter graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, with a Bachelor of Arts in Law and Mathematics degree.

Career

During the period from 1957 to 1959, Peter served as a seaman in the Royal Navy. Between 1962-1979, he worked as a freelance journalist for Vogue, Sunday Times (London) and other publications. In 1979, Laurie started to work as an editor of Practical Computing, a United Kingdom computer magazine, a post he held till 1982. In 1980, Peter was appointed a managing director of Southdata Ltd., a software publishing company, operating in London.

Achievements

• Peter Laurie is particularly known for his book "The Joy of Computers".

Works

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• book

  • Databases: How to Manage Information on Your Micro

    (This work from "Chapman & Hall Computing Series" explains...)

    1985
  • Apache: The Definitive Guide

    (Apache is far and away the most widely used web server pl...)

    1997
  • Drugs: Medical, Psychological and Social Facts 1969
  • Beneath the City Streets: A Private Enquiry into the Nuclear Preoccupation of Government 1970
  • Scotland Yard: A Study of the Metropolitan Police 1971
  • Electronics Explained: A Handbook for the Layman 1980
  • Micro Revolution 1980
  • The Joy of Computers 1983
  • The Beginner's Guide to Computers 1982

Personality

Peter Laurie described himself as "a journalist, drawn into the microcomputer world, as people were drawn out west a century ago".

Connections

Peter married Barbara Peters, a software publisher, on July 29, 1959. Their marriage produced three children — Bennet (Ben), Adam and Harriet.

Father:

Alec Laurie

Mother:

Margaret (Mason) Laurie

child:

Bennet Laurie

child:

Adam Laurie

child:

Harriet Laurie

Wife:

Barbara Peters