Paul Manton:
CLASS OF 1980
Division Avenue High SchoolClass of 1980
Levittown, NY
Paul's Story
Paul is from Levittown, New York. Paul's schools include Division Avenue High School. Paul works(ed) at Secret Shopper, Lecturer, Writer/editor.
Music Paul likes includes The Green Children, Bob Koenig, Bach. Books Paul likes include The Ascent of Man, The Dead Zone, Bible. Movies Paul likes include Creature from the Black Lagoon, Hannibal, Braveheart. TV shows Paul likes include The Twilight Zone, The Vicar of Dibley, Futurama.
One of Paul's favorite quotes is:""Small is that part which the human heart endures, for which kings and princes are either the cause or the cure".
- Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
"No man not alive before 1789 knows the sweetness of life"
-Charles Maurice de Talleyrand (1754-1838)
"Few things, indeed, I have known in the way of emotion or appetite, ambition or achievement, surpass in richness and strength the excitement of entomological exploration"
-Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)
"Floreat Entomologia!"
- popular salutation amongst Victorian entomologists.".
More about Paul:"Interests include local history, European history, entomology, ornithology, paleontology, geology, biographies, dystopian literature, ballroom dance, Victorian culture, bowling, tea-drinking, Italian and Chinese food; visiting museums, wildlife sanctuaries, and historic sites; collecting fossils, rocks, seashells, insects, coins; the literary style and writings of Swift, Voltiare, Chesterton, Wells, Nabokov, Orwell, Mencken, Teale, Huxley, Gould, Sagan, Durrant, Boorstin, Stephen King; British comedy shows, Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Darwinism, Anglicanism, Celic culture, Mozart and other classical composers, Irving Berlin, Frank Sanatra, Sir Elton John, Billy Joel, landscape paintings, reading dictionaries, writing, Levittown Historical Society, Hicksville Historical Society, Lepidopterist's Society, St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Fred Astaire Dance Studios, Stardust Ballroom Productions, National Geographic Society, New York Wildlife Conservation Society, Tea Appreciation Society, Occidental Quarterly, Long Island Writer's Guild, Charles Darwin Research Institute, National Review, The Economist, Reader's Digest, Youth for Western Civilization, Royal Society of St. George, American Museum of Natural History, Entomological Society of America, Levittown Tribune, Levittownpatch, Hicksville Illustrated News, Old Bethpage Restoration Village, Muttontown Presere, Dominicoe's Resturant, Hi...Expand for more
cksville Gregory Museum, Garvies Point Museum, Takapausha Museum, Planting Fields, Old Westbury Gardens, Friends for Long Island's Heritage & Long Island Forum Magazine (now defunct), Booklover's Paradise Inc., The Society for Creative Anachronism, Bowman's Orchids (Rexford, N.Y.) National Worker's Party (see 3/18/11 letters to editor of Levittown Tribune for our platform), Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery, Vanderbilt Museum & Planetarium New York's State Parks: Jones Beach, Caumsett, Grafton Lake. New York State Museum.
My greatest interest, however, is my daughter, Elizabeth Regina Manton; queen of my commonwealth.
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
Vice Pres. Levittown Historical Soc. (1998- present)
Contributing Editor, Long Island Forum (1997-2004)
Board of Advisors, Hicks. Gregory Museum (2001-present)
Research Director, Long Island Writer's Guild (2003-2008)
Contribution author, News of the Lepidopterist's Society (1994- present)
Silver-level student, Fred Astaire Dance Studios (1997- present)
Awards
LIWG Lifetime Achievement Award Winner (2010)
Newsday's Tales or Tomorrow Short Story Contest, 3rdpl (1999)
Levittown Community Recognition Award (2008)
MISSION STATEMENT
To maximize the degree to which my experience, knowledge, skills, eclectic interests, and catholic tastes acquired as a writer, historian,
naturalist, and lecturer are marshaled in the preservation of civilization's
cultural, historical, philosophical, and scientific heritage; to dediate myself
to pursuing that preservation as an individual; and to pursue full-time
employment - amongst like-minded people - in any such institution that
emphasizes education, public accessibility, professionalism, and inter-personal dynamics in whatever capacity I might be of most service.
MY LECTURE SERIES
I give at libraries, museums, classrooms, senior citizen's groups, and children's parties (although nobody has asked for them at children's parties yet).
"Hicksville in Early Maps"
"The History of Levittown"
"The New Jerusalem: The Story of the Pilgrims"
"August 27, 1776: The Battle for Long Island"
"Darwin in History"
"Ten Dates You Never Learned in Social Studies Class"
"An Overview of Long Island's History"
"Science and the Baby Boom Imagination"
"Why Insects Rule the Planet"
"Neighborhood Archeology"
"Science and Religion: Not Always in Conflict"
"1859-1871: A Dozen Years that made the Modern World"".
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