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11 May 2004 Professor Jim (James) Russell (Glasgow, Scotland, 11 September, 1935). James went to Fulwell primary school in Roker, Sunderland, England, during the war. They were in England due to his father's job as a civil servant working for the Ministry of Labour. He talks of having a duel tongue: Geordie and Scots. On coming back to Scotland, he went to the Royal Edinburgh High School and gained an interest in Classics. Although he says his whole family have been and continue to be…