Background
Harkness, Peter Martin was born on May 5, 1949 in Wirral, Cheshire, England. Son of Herbert Percy and Joyce Coraline (Ezard) Harkness.
Harkness, Peter Martin was born on May 5, 1949 in Wirral, Cheshire, England. Son of Herbert Percy and Joyce Coraline (Ezard) Harkness.
Newspaper reporter trainee, Rugeley Times, Staffordshire, England, 1965-1969; journalist, Birmingham (England) Post and Mail, 1969-1983; deputy editor, Sunday Mercury, Birmingham, 1983-1985; managing director, London Newspaper Group Ltd., 1985-1988; public consultant, 1988-1993; chairman, Professional, Managerial and Healthcare Publications Ltd., Chichester, England, since 1993. Chairman of the Board Why Publications, Ltd., Oxford, England, since 1996, Sherlock Holmes gazette Ltd., since 1994. Public Professional Care of Mother & Child, since 1994, Postgraduate Doctor Middle East, Africa and Caribbean, since 1996.
Member Birmingham Press Club.
Married Maureen Robertson, August 14, 1971. 1 child, Laura Catherine.