Biography
Orange was born in 1935, in Shildon, County Durham and was educated at St. Mary's Grammar School, in Darlington, and at Hull University. Orange served in the Royal Air Force from 1953 to 1956.
In 1962 he went to live in New Zealand and taught History at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch until he retired in 2002. Orange was married to Sandra, and has a stepdaughter Sarah.
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