Emslie Dick, a Canadian by birth, a Scot by blood, is a common man who has only attended publicly funded schools.  His livelihood and knowledge were earned by working in foundries, factories, mines, government office, retail stores, the Air Force, newspapers and magazine publishing companies.

His interest in the verities of human life was sparked as a young airman in 1951, when he found in the library of his RCAF training school, an obscure book which led him to a lifetime of private research and study.  He resides in Toronto.