Steuart Campbell

Steuart Campbell
Photo taken 2019
Born	Stuart Barnsley Campbell 1937 (age 86–87) Birmingham
Occupation	Science writer
Website	www.steuartcampbell.com

Steuart Campbell (born 1937) is a British writer and sceptic who lives in Edinburgh.

Campbell was born in 1937 in Birmingham.^[1][2] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] Campbell concluded that the alleged sightings are best explained by logs, otters, ripples, seiches, wakes and hoaxes.^[4][5][6][7]

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.^[8] Campbell is a former Christian who later authored a sceptical work on Christianity, The Rise and Fall Of Jesus published in 1996.^[9] The book was republished in 2019.^[9]

Campbell has written articles for Skeptical Inquirer, The Skeptic magazine and The Scotsman.^[10][11][12]

• The Loch Ness Monster: The Evidence. 1986 The Aquarian Press (Thorsons Publishing Group) Wellingborough: ISBN 0850304512; Revised ed. 1991 Aberdeen University Press (Macmillan Pergamon Publishing Corporation) Aberdeen: ISBN 1573921785; 1996 Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh: ISBN 1874744610; 1997 (without subtitle); Prometheus Books, Amhurst: ISBN 1573921785; 2002 Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh 1997: ISBN 1841581984). Argues against the existence of the Loch Ness Monster by analysis of the purported evidence.
• The UFO Mystery Solved 1994 Explicit Books, Edinburgh: ISBN 0952151200. 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: ISBN 0952151219; 2009 Revised and updated ed. WPS (WritersPrintShop): ISBN 1904623735; 2019 Revised 3rd ed. Tectum Verlag (Nomos Publishing Company), Marburg: ISBN 9783828843462 (print), ISBN 9783828873278 (ePDF). Exploration of the origins of Christianity, asserting that Jesus wanted to be crucified.
• Chinook Crash (The crash of RAF Chinook helicopter ZD576 on the Mull of Kintyre) 2004 Pen & Sword Aviation (Pen & Sword Books Ltd, Barnsley) ISBN 1844150747 (print) ISBN 9781473803480 (ebook). An examination of and an explanation for the fatal crash on 2 June 1994.