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I seem to have found the Fountain Pen Geeks forum. I thought it might be nice to introduce myself, so I hereby reprint, without permission (which, incidentally, is just too bad), an extract from the Annual Proceedings of the Serious Nibbage Society, volume 184, pages 19-134: Who is who in the world of fountain pens?
Professor Tarquin Danglebury, born within living memory in the small village of West-Nibshire in England, is full Professor and Chair of Penology at Cambridge University. According to legend, he obtained his first fountain pen on the day he was born, when he grabbed it from the shirt pocket of a gynaecologist. This pen was later identified to be a Parker 51.
After studying at Eton, at which he was well-known for winning ink-sac-squeezing contests, professor Danglebury pursued a successful academic career at Cambridge University. He defended a dissertation, advised by the eminent professor Herbert-Anton von Nibbius bis zum Blindekappe, cum laude, upon which he was immediately offered tenure in Cambridge. He holds no less than seven honourary doctorates, from the Universities of Tilburg (NL), Köln (DE), Madrid (ES), London (both UCL and LU, UK), Los Angeles (USA) and Washington, DC (USA).
Professor Danglebury has published more than 7,000 papers, books, and book chapters, and is a well-known expert on everything, but he specializes in fountain pens, ink, and related writing paraphernalia. He is well-respected by his students (mainly because he expells every student who doubts his judgement) and colleagues alike (because he fires those that disagree), and he is often referred to as a walking pencyclopedia.
In 1978, when professor Herbert-Anton von Nibbius bis zum Blindekappe was cremated and his ashes were stored in an empty bottle of Parker Penman Emerald, professor Danglebury took over the position of Chair of the Department of Penology at Cambridge University. He performs his scholarly activities from a small room in the western-most towerette of the university building in Cambridge, surrounded by books, fountain pens, and desillusioned students. Every day at noon, he takes his pet lobster, Lord Windermere, for a short walk across the University grounds, be it sunny or rainy - the professor doesn't mind the weather, due to his incessant wearing of a deerstalker cap.
Strong-willed and strong-minded, professor Danglebury has little patience and a pronounced opinion, that has led him to participate in heated international debates and disputes on the use of fountain pens, that often end with his opponents tearing off their own heads in despair.
Professor Tarquin Danglebury denies the existence of France.
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