Researching David Vaughan

Vaughan graduated from Churchill College, Cambridge with a degree in Natural Sciences in 1984. He then earned a MSc in Geophysics from Durham University (Hatfield College) in 1985, after which he joined the British Antarctic Survey, taking part in multiple field campaigns over the following years. He gained his PhD from the Open University in 1995. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to glaciology.

Vaughan previously played for Crewe Alexandra, where he spent seven years between 2000 and 2007 (and where he was a part-time academy coach). He then spent one season playing in Spain with Real Sociedad before returning to England to join Blackpool for three seasons (2008–09 to 2010–11). He then played for Sunderland and Nottingham Forest.

He played internationally for Wales, having previously played for the Welsh under-19 and under-21 sides earlier in his career.

In his long career, Vaughan was a dancer, choreographer, actor and singer whose work had been seen in London, Paris, and in New York, both on- and off-Broadway, as well as in regional theatres across the United States, in cabarets, on television and on film. Vaughan's ballet choreography was used in Stanley Kubrick's 1955 film Killer's Kiss, danced by Kubrick's wife at the time, ballerina Ruth Sobotka. He has worked with both modern dance and ballet companies.

Vaughan unsuccessfully contested Bristol South at three successive general elections, in 1922, 1923 and 1924.

He finally won a seat at the 1929 general election, when he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Forest of Dean division of Gloucestershire, replacing the sitting Labour MP Albert Arthur Purcell who did not defend the seat. However, at the next general election, in 1931, Vaughan was defeated by Dr. John Vigers Worthington, standing as a National Labour candidate.

Born in North Wales, Vaughan emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1831 and settled in Remsen, New York. Vaughan went to public school in Remsen, New York. In 1864, he moved to the town of Burns, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. He was a farmer and mechanic. Vaughan served as justice of the peace for the town of Burns. Vaughan served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1887 and was a Republican. Vaughan died at his home in the town of Burns, Wisconsin.