威廉·林赛,英籍长城学者,毕业于英国利物浦大学地理地质专业。1987年成功独步长城2470公里。2000年起专门探索、研究、保护长城和传播长城文化。已出版《威廉:我的长城生活》《虚拟长城展:50件长城文物》《万里长城百年回望》《万里长城百题问答》《亚洲印象:长城》等著作。因在长城保护和促进中英友好方面所作贡献,荣获中国国务院颁发的“友谊奖章”(1998年);英国女王伊丽莎白二世陛下颁发的“大英帝国勋章”(2006年);北京市人民颁发的长城“友谊奖牌”(2008年)。婚后与妻子吴琪和两个儿子(詹姆斯和托马斯)长期居住在北京。
WILLIAM LINDESAYO BE, a Great Wall researcher from British, studied geography at Liverpool University. Go full time on things Great Wall related - exploration and study, conservation and guidance since 2000. His publications include Wild Wall: My Life at the Great Wall of China, The Great Wall in 50 Objects, The Great Wall Explained, The Great Wall Revisited, Images of Asia: The Great Wall, etc. For conservation work Lindesay has received the Friendship Award of China (1998), the OBE from HM Queen Elizabeth II (2006), the Beijing Great Wall Friendship Award (2008). William, Wu Qi and their two sons, James and Thomas live beside the Great Wall at Jiankou in Beijing.
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