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Aikman, Anthony Robert, son of William Robert Aikman, member of Lloyds, and Marjorie Roberta Amanda, d. of Hugh Fraser Macmillan, curator Roy. Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; b. 3 Feb. 1942; adm. Sept. 1958 (L); left July 1959; Univ. Coll. of North Wales, Bangor, 1959-62, BA (forestry); career incl. working as a forestry officer, teaching and writing in Rome and Venice 1967-70, screenwriting in Hollywood 1970-2, running an Outward Bound Sch. in Italy, the Melanesian mission to the Solomon Is. 1975, exploring in S. America and the Far East; author of The Caves of Segada 1985, Eye of Itza 1986, Brokers of Doom 1987, Treehouses 1988, The Farang 1992, The Black Swan 1999, Boy, Doc, and the Green Man: also The Fire-Eater: a short story 2000; d. 8 July 2011.