Author: David Collischon
Born: 19 July 1937
Died: 14 April 2016
Bio: David Collischon was a British entrepreneur who, in 1980, bought the rights to the Filofax system and later floated his company on the stock market.

David built his own mirror sailing dinghy to showroom standard. He later passed his yacht master’s certificate and graduated to bigger boats. His handiwork skills were exceptional and in 1968 his book on Furniture Making was published as part of a series on home crafts.