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Maria Adelaide da Cunha Torres Fremlin
Born 24 September 1944, Setúbal, Portugal.
Education:
- Instituto de Odivelas, Lisbon, Portugal, 1955-1962
- 1962-65 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal;
- 1965-67 Faculdade de Ciências, Lisbon;
Licenciatura in Physics and Chemistry, 1967.
- 1972-74 University of Essex, Colchester, England;
MSc in Chemistry, 1974.
- November 1996-April 1997 Honorary Fellow at the McArdle
Laboratory,
Department of Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
- 2001 Essex County Council Learning Services, England;
City & Guilds 7307 Further & Adult Teacher' Certificate Stage 1
Employment:
- 1968 Computer programmer, Olivetti Portuguesa, Lisbon.
- 1968-72 Research assistant, Plant Physiology Department,
Agronomical Research Station, Oeiras, Portugal.
- 1974-75 Research technician, Department of Biochemistry,
University College, London.
- 1975-78 Research assistant, Institute of Polymer Science,
University of Essex, Colchester.
- 1979-82 Laboratory technician, Department of Biology,
University of Essex.
- 1982- present Occasional Portuguese tutoring and translating.
- 1999- present Occasional interpreting for Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP and social services dealing with Portuguese-speaking asylum seekers.
- 2000- 2002 Teaching Portuguese at Grey Friars Adult Education College, Colchester.
- 2001- 2003 Teaching Portuguese at Colchester Tutorial Centre, Colchester.
- March 2003- Proof-reading material for the Portuguese BBC websites:
Brazil Inside Out and Talk Portuguese.
Business experience:
- 2000- present Publishing my husband's books under the name of Torres Fremlin. The turnover during the first five years exceeded £14.000.
Volunteer work experience:
Interests and hobbies:
Word origins |
Stag beetles |
Kefir |
Cooking |
Photography | Gardening | Travelling |
Last updated on 9 December 2007.
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