by Mol (Maurice) Smith.
Co-founder and Mic-UK Co-ordinator

  Celebration

History

Now

Tomorrow

8 years from now

120 years from now

History

It would be easy to harp on about previous issues and the gradual interest which built up over the years, but let's not go over old ground. Instead, as it is our anniversary, let's define the history of our magazine not in articles and milestones, but in terms of people and their contributions.

For example, the first people who contributed : Bill Ells, Mike Samworth, Andrew Syred, Anne Bruce, Marly Cain, Mike Morgan... but to name a few. These were the first people to help build the magazine.

Quickly others followed from around the world (to date 139 contributors from 24 countries):-

First name	Surname	Country
Keith Peter Brian Bruce William Rosemarie Thomas Gary Hugo Guido Jim Aare Rudolf James Carlos Ebrina van den Alan Christina Anne Randy  Jean-Marie Chitchai Derek Frieda Bill Ted Hugh Gordon Edward John Brian Susan Garry Mike Walter Jim Liz Charles Colin Steven Wim van William James Patrick Chew Yen Marly Randy M Donald Peter Dave John G Irene Hugh Susan David Tom Terry Alan Lizzie Jim Klaus Robert Eric Robert Richard Chuck Paul Chris Ian Larry Brian Ken Ted Tom Reinhardt M Carla Wayne Anni Martin Gian Alan Dan M Aaron Barry Hugh Loes John Mike Roland Ed Ron Helmut Aydin Gregor Jan Heiti Lloyd Frank Jeremy Alan Ben Roman Vishnu Bill David Frank Alan Mike Guido Gen-Yu Quentin A J Raymond Maurice Eddie Frithjof A.S. Peter Elan Mikel Graeme Andrew Chris M Halit Philippa R Will Sergei David Ian John Howard Steven Howard Jim Rene van Robin Roy John Charles Hilary David Wan	Abineri Abrahams Adams (dec.) Allen Amos Arbur Aungst Baird Baillie-Johnson Ballabio Battersby Baumer Baumueller Benko Bernal Bijl Brinkworth Brodie Bruce Cain Cavanihac Chantangsi Christie Christie Clarke Clarke Clayton Couger Cowen Cravens Darnton Devenish-Mutton DeLong Dingley Dioni Disbrow Douglas Drewes Duke Durr Egmond Ells Evarts Everest Fook Cain-Fryman (dec.) Cain Ferry Funch Furness Garrett Geoghegan Grenfell Gfatter Goldstein Gosling Gunby Hadley Harper Harper Henkel Hilton Hollowday Holzrichter Howey Huck James Jefferies Jefferies Jenkins Johnston Jones Kinsman Korolev Kristensen Lagendijk Lanier Lappi Mach Martello Maude McNeil Messing Miller Mitchell-Tapping Moddermann Moran Morgan Mortimer Murray Neumeyer Nisters Orstan Overney Parmentier Paves Peck Placido Poole Potter Prins Rakitov Reddy Resch Richman Rowntree (dec.) Rulis Samworth Santacana Sasaki Saville Schofield Sloss Smith Spedding Sterrenburg Strong Sudberg Swindles Syred Thomas Umar Unwin Varnell Vickulin Walker Walker Walsh Webb West Westlake Wetzel Wezel Williams Winsby Wojtowicz Woodfall Wright Young Yu	UK USA UK USA USA USA USA USA UK Italy UK Estonia USA USA Spain Netherlands UK UK Scotland USA France Thailand Scotland Scotland Canada USA UK USA UK USA UK UK USA Australia Mexico USA UK USA UK UK Netherlands UK USA UK New Zealand USA USA USA Norway UK UK Scotland New Zealand Austria USA USA UK UK UK USA Germany USA UK USA USA USA UK UK UK USA Canada UK USA Netherlands Norway Netherlands USA Finland Germany Italy UK USA USA USA USA Netherlands USA UK Brazil South Africa Canada Austria USA USA Netherlands Estonia UK Scotland UK UK Netherlands Russia USA USA USA UK USA UK Puerto Rico Japan Australia UK UK UK Australia Netherlands UK USA N. Ireland UK UK Netherlands Australia USA Russia UK UK Australia USA USA UK USA UK UK UK USA USA Australia USA China

Each of these people are now permanently remembered for their contribution not only to Micscape Magazine, but to the pursuit of microscopy and its use in exploring our world. How? Well, the magazine is ISSN registered in the UK. Every 25 issues we submit the entire contents of Micscape Magazine on a CD for archiving in the British Library. This means that whatever ultimately is the fate of our magazine, these people along with their contributions will be remembered. People in the future, and I suspect we are talking here about long into the future, will be able to dig back through time and understand the selflessness our contributors have shown by allowing us to publish their contributions here.

Micscape Magazine fills a useful niche for amateurs, enthusiasts, students, and professionals alike to informally share their skills and enthusiasm online to a wide audience.

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