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Engraved 1810-25 series of illustrations for <em>Musée des Antiques</em>

Stanley Tweddle was educated at Carlisle Grammar School and Carlisle Technical College. He gained City and Guilds Certificates in Automobile Engineering and Electrical Engineering while working at Graham and Roberts Ltd, a large private car and commercial vehicle distributor and dealership. He joined Albion Motors, Scotstoun, Glasgow as an apprentice and attended evening classes at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow in 1938. He served with the Royal Navy during World War Two, working his way up to the rank of Lieutenant (Engineering). After the war, he rejoined Albion Motors and attended the Royal Technical College as a sandwich student from 1948 to 1952 and was awarded the Associateship of the College. In 1950, he joined Fibreglass Ltd as a production department manager. In 1952 he attended Syracuse University in New York State. On his return, he became Chief Engineer of Fibreglass. He retired in 1981.

Laurie Kazan-Allen studied history at Brandeis University (BA 1969). She is the founding editor, in 1990, of the 'British asbestos newsletter' (BAN), a quarterly publication distributed to victim support groups, environmentalists, solicitors, academics, medical personnel and research bodies in over thirty countries. Since 1999, Kazan-Allen has been as the coordinator of the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat. Kazan-Allen has been the recipient of awards in recognition of her work in raising awareness of asbestos disease, and contributing to the ban of the substance. Awards include: the 'Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Voice of the Victims, Tribute of Unity Award', April 2005; the 'Emeritus Professor Eric G. Saint Memorial Award, 2012'; the 'Construction Safety Campaign, Robert Tressel Award for services to working people', in 2013; and the 'Rachel LEE Jung-Lim Award', awarded by a confederation of Asian ban asbestos groups, 2013. She is the sister of American asbestos litigator Steven Kazan.