Philip Stewart, is a British writer and academic.

History

He decided at an early age that he did not want to choose between arts and sciences. He took a first degree in 1961 at the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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, England

England

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 in Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

, then, as a young graduate IN 1962, translated a novel by Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to explore themes of existentialism. He published over 50 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie...

. This was eventually published in 1981 by Heineman Educational Books in the British market and by Three Continents Press in the US market. In 1988, following the award of the Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize

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 to Mahfouz, when the rights to the work were acquired by Doubleday, Stewart refused to sell the copyright to his translation, considering it unsuitable that such a controversial book be given a highly publicized relaunch.

Reluctant to remain a specialist in language and literature, in 1965 he took a second Oxford degree in forestry

Forestry

Forestry is the interdisciplinary profession embracing the science, art, and craft of creating, managing, using, and conserving forests and associated resources in a sustainable manner to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands...

 and spent seven years working in forest conservation and erosion control in Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

 before returning to Oxford to teach ecological economics

Ecological economics

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 to biology students and the ecology

Ecology

Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...

 of culture

Culture

Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...

 to human sciences students, also occasionally teaching Arabic. He retired from the University in 2006, but continues to teach. His special interests are in the influence of culture on human treatment of ecosystems, and in the integration of ecology and economics. His love of both chemistry and astronomy led him in 2004 to publish a new representation of the periodic system of the elements - Chemical Galaxy

Chemical Galaxy

Chemical Galaxy is a new representation by Philip Stewart of the periodic system of the elements, better known in tabular form as the periodic table, based on the cyclical nature of characteristics of the chemical elements...

.

As sole author

• Stewart P. J. (1994) Unfolding Islam Garnet, Reading. ISBN 1-85964-046-X

As translator

• Mahfouz, N. (1959 Awlad Haratina, translated (1981) as Children of Gebelawi Heinemann Educational Books, London. ISBN 0-435-99415-8. Definitive edition (1997) Children of Gebelaawi Passeggiata Press, Pueblo Colorado. ISBN 1-57889-038-1

As contributor of chapters

• Bougnoux, D. et al., Editors, (1990) 'Autour d'Edgar Morin: Arguments pour une Methode Editions du Seuil, Paris. ISBN 9-782020-114592

• Jones, A., Editor, (1991) Arabicus Felix: Essays in Honour of A. F. L. Beeston on his Eightieth Birthday Ithaca Press, Reading. ISBN 0-86372-145-1

• Mather A., Editor, (1993) Afforestation: Policies, Planning and Progress Belhaven Press, London. ISBN 1-85293-202-3

• Bowker, J., (1997) The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0-19-213965-7

• Reeves, M. (2000) Muhammad in Europe: a Thousand Years of Western Myth-Making Garnet Press, Reading. ISBN1-85964-123-7

• Poore, D., Editor, (2000) Where Next? Reflections on the Human Future Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-006-4

• Killam, D., and Rowe, R., Editors, (2000) The Companion to African Literatures James Currey, Oxford. ISBN 0-85255-549-0

• Hanley P., Editor, (2005) The Spirit of Agriculture George Ronald, Oxford. ISBN 085398-501-4