Peter Andrews
Peter Andrews has always had a keen interest in fossils, and an encounter with Dr L. S. B. Leakey while working in the Kenya Forestry Department encouraged him to make the move to anthropology. He has spent much of his career at the Natural History Museum, London, where he was Head of Human Origins until his retirement in 2000. Since then he has been curator of Blandford Museum while retaining an Emeritus Research Associate position at the Natural History Museum along with honorary...See more
Peter Andrews has always had a keen interest in fossils, and an encounter with Dr L. S. B. Leakey while working in the Kenya Forestry Department encouraged him to make the move to anthropology. He has spent much of his career at the Natural History Museum, London, where he was Head of Human Origins until his retirement in 2000. Since then he has been curator of Blandford Museum while retaining an Emeritus Research Associate position at the Natural History Museum along with honorary professorships at University College London and the University of York. He has published ten books, two with Chris Stringer, and nearly 200 articles in the scientific and popular press. See less
Peter Andrews's Featured Books
Peter Andrews book reviews
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Upper New England
Ah! The Good Old Days
This is a pretty picture book of how travel used to be: charming, personal, and inexpensive. Before you set out for any of these inns today, check the Web. Many of these places are now closed, been ... Read More
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Lower New England, a Guide to the Inns of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
Pure Nostalgia
I visited many of the inns in this book -- back in the 1970's -- and they were indeed charming. Most of them that I've sought out recently have closed or inevitably changed. And so have the prices! ... Read More
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Inns of the Mid-Atlantic and the South
The Memory of Things Past
This is a charming picture book. Yet it functions more as an historical curiosity than as a travel guide. Many of these inns are now closed, altered, or have reverted to private homes. Read More
