Steuart Campbell
Steuart Campbell is a British writer and skeptic who lives in Edinburgh.
Career
Campbell was born in 1937 in Birmingham. He trained as an architect and worked as one until the mid-1970s. He obtained a BA in mathematics and science from the Open University in 1983. He wrote The Loch Ness Monster: The Evidence which argues against the existence of the Loch Ness Monster. The book examines eyewitness reports, as well as photos and instrumental evidence. Campbell concluded that the alleged sightings are best explained by logs, otters, ripples, seiches, wakes and hoaxes.In 1994 Campbell's book The UFO Mystery Solved was published by Explicit. The work was reviewed in the Journal of Meteorology as "a well-researched book" that will assist in dispelling the mysteries surrounding unidentified flying objects. Campbell is a former Christian who later authored a sceptical work on Christianity, The Rise and Fall Of Jesus published in 1996. The book was republished in 2019.
Campbell has written articles for Skeptical Inquirer, The Skeptic magazine and The Scotsman.
Selected publications
- The Loch Ness Monster: The Evidence. 1986 The Aquarian Press Wellingborough: ; Revised ed. 1991 Aberdeen University Press Aberdeen: ; 1996 Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh: ; 1997 ; Prometheus Books, Amhurst: ; 2002 Birlinn. Argues against the existence of the [Loch Ness Monster by analysis of the purported evidence.
- The UFO Mystery Solved 1994 Explicit Books, Edinburgh:. A critical examination of UFO reports and their explanation in terms of meteorological and astronomical phenomena;
- The Rise and Fall of Jesus with a foreword by Prof. James Thrower 1996 Explicit Books, Edinburgh: ; 2009 Revised and updated ed. WPS : ; 2019 Revised 3rd ed. Tectum Verlag, Marburg: , . Exploration of the origins of Christianity, asserting that Jesus wanted to be crucified.
- Chinook Crash 2004 Pen & Sword Aviation . An examination of and an explanation for the fatal Chinook [helicopter crash |crash] on 2 June 1994.