David Seargent earned his MA and PhD in Philosophy at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia and for several years worked as a tutor in Philosophy with that University's Community ...view moreDavid Seargent earned his MA and PhD in Philosophy at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia and for several years worked as a tutor in Philosophy with that University's Community Programmes Department in conjunction with the Workers' Education Association. He has also been an amateur astronomer since teenage years and is widely known for his comet observations, including the discovery of a comet that appeared in 1978 and which now bears his name. He is the author of numerous articles and several books, including a philosophical treatise Plurality and Continuity: An Essay in G. F. Stout's Theory of Universals (1985) and a popular work on cometary astronomy, Comets: Vagabonds of Space (1983). He lives with his wife Meg at The Entrance, north of Sydney in the Australian state of New South Wales ... when not tripping to the inland town of Cowra in search of dark skies!
David Seargent holds an MA and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Newcastle (Australia), is a keen amateur astronomer and the author of numerous articles and several books on subjects of astronomy, religion and philosophy. He lives with his wife Meg at The Entrance, north of Sydney in New South Wales.view less