Fiona Beattie

Producer

Fiona Beattie was born in Belper, Derbyshire in the United Kingdom . She attended the University of Glamorgan in Pontypridd, Wales , and holds an Honorary Ph.D. from the University of Udmurt , Izhevsk , Russia . She has lived and worked in Trondheim, Norway, Edinburgh, Scotland, Cardiff, Wales, and London, England and has traveled extensively throughout Europe--once on a tandem bicycle. She moved to the United States in 1988.

Fiona holds a B.A. in History and minor in Communication Studies from the University of Missouri , Kansas City .  Since working for Talking History she has developed a keen interest in recording audio of historical sound. Fiona is also interested in the machines of the industrial revolution, particularly those in woolen and cotton mills.