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Julian Pottage
was born and grew up on the south coast of England. He studied mathematics
at Trinity College Cambridge, later gaining election as an Associate and
then Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute.
He learnt bridge
at a young age watching his parents, and they remain active players. Julian
is a qualified bridge teacher and has been writing for 18 years. Currently
he has regular columns in both Bridge Magazine and Bridge Plus. He has
contributed to several other periodicals, including the Daily Bridge
Calendar. He has become established as a top bridge author, having written
six books and co-written another eight, mostly on the play of the cards.
Achieving a run
of success in Junior competitions, Julian has also won several National
events, notably the Pachabo and Tollemache double in 1999. His contributions
to theory include naming and describing the mole squeeze as well as
discovering the compound guard squeeze.
Away from the
bridge table, Julian is a dab hand with a camera, having nearly 4,000 slides
placed with the Robert Harding picture library. He used to do mainly
landscape and travel photographs, but more recently has concentrated on his
family.
He is an active
member of his local Catholic church, and served as a eucharistic minister
for six years. Researching his family tree, Julian has traced his ancestors
on his father’s side back to 1674 and established that his known relatives,
which number well over a thousand, are related to roughly two thirds of all
the Pottages in the world.
After spending
many years managing occupational pension plans, he now works as a consultant
on pensions and savings products. He lives with his wife Helen and their
three young sons in Hampshire, England. |
