PERSONAL
I am married with two children, six grand-children, and several great grandchildren. My wife has a prominent profile in British Vajrayana, since Chime Rinpoche publicly declared on many occasions that in a difficult time when wolves wanted to take Marpa House from the founder, Lama Chime Rinpoche, she was one of only two who supported him openly in the face of the wolf pack. Without these two, Rinpoche said, Marpa House would not exist today. The wolves waylaid me, and I sent them crawling back to their dark lair. My wife behaved wonderfully with great devotion and loyalty to Lama Chime and to myself.
One of my children, with his wife's support, is an international media-based influencer developing awareness of the mind nature of animals, and the need to prevent illegal trade and the adoption of pets in inappropriate ways and surroundings. Corvids are a specialty.
Our first-born has, with her husband, devoted her life to the upbringing of three wonderful girls.
In sport, I wore an England shirt when playing in the golf croquet world championship 2013 in Egypt.
Finally, I am a several-time near-death survivor. My survival is with thanks to the wonderful ambulance services and British NHS hospitals.
A Life Story
Discover David's Journey
David Crawford
PERSONAL
EDUCATION
1958-1965 Kings School Pontefract UK NUJMB 3 A-levels & 10 O-levels
1965-1969 Leeds University UK B.Sc. Hons IIi Textile Physics
1969-1972 Leeds University UK Ph.D. Fibre Physics (carbon fibres).
Title: Dr
ACADEMIC CAREER
1977-1985 University of Cape Town
Associate Professor ~ Physics.
Title: Professor
1973-1977 University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Research Associate ~ Physical Chemistry
1972-1973 Warwick University
Research Fellow ~ Physics
non-ACADEMIC CAREER
2008-2011 HMP Highpoint
Sessional lecturer ~ IT
2004-2008 Hospital Patient Data Ltd
Founder Director
2004-2008 d_SCRYBE Consultancy
Owner, Founder
2004-2008 HEALTHCAREmaps-online.
Founder and senior analyst
2002-2004 Cherry Trees Prep School
Teacher ~ IT
1998-2002 Skila Europe Ltd
Manager & Director ~
Informatics
1991-1998 Technical Reconnaissance
Owner Director ~
Data & Consultancy
1990-1991 Cambridge Consultants Ltd
Senior Consultant ~
Business Development
1988-1990 Core Consulting Group
Consultant ~
Business Development
1985-1988 Agar Scientific Ltd
Project Manager ~
Lab Instrumentation
1980-1985 Rescue 8 offshore Lifeboat,
Hout Bay, South Africa
Title: Cox'sn
EVENTS BUDDHIST-WISE
2023 Wrote and published the
1st edition of my book
2019 Buddhist Pastor in the
chaplaincy at Countess
of Chester Hospital
2019 Founded Sangha Dharma
Experience for Lama Chime
students
2018 Founded KCRIA to preserve
Lama Chime's teaching
given world-wide
2017 Full tantric ordainment by
Title: Ngakpa
2005-now Attending, teaching and
advising ~ Vajrayana
at Marpa House
2004 First opportunity to teach
upholding Lama Chime's
original teaching.
1985-now Attended many teaching
sessions at Marpa House &
1988 Refuge with H.H. Tai Situpa
at Samye Ling - UK
1985 Took refuge with Lama Chime
1984 7-day silent retreats at Nieu
Bethesda, RSA ~ Rob Nairn
The 2026 C.V. for DavidC