He has written for a wide cross-section of technical magazines, and was founder editor of The Metallurgist and Materials Technologist, official Journal of The Institution of Metallurgists, a director of Chess & Bridge Ltd and editor of Weighing & Measuring, which dealt with metrology and the science of measuring. Working initially in research for BICC, on precious metals casting, and the British Iron & Steel Federation he subsequently joined Steel Times as assistant editor and has spent some 25 years working in journalism and technical publishing. Robert Feather was born in England and studied at Marylebone Grammar School and Sir John Cass College, London University, subsequently becoming a Member of the Institution of Metallurgists and a Chartered Engineer. Robert Feather (Author, The Copper Scroll Decoded )