sentences:  His father was partner in Watson & Philip a wholesale food distributor in Dundee.He was a pupil of the High School of Dundee and showed considerable interest in things mechanical from an early age.Young Preston possessed an analytical mind, and quite often, he, according to the Sunday, 27 October 1984 edition of "The Courier and Advertiser" newspaper;
  
  It was in his twenties whilst studying engineering at University College, Dundee that his interest in aeronautics flourished, but, for a keen and impressionable young adult there was little to read on the emerging science of aviation.