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Obituaries

  • 28 February 2007 Neville Butler, Emeritus Professor in the Division of Child Health, died recently. Dr Diana Pomeroy reviews the life, career and legacy of a man who was 'tireless and dedicated in pursuing his passion for understanding human lives'.
  • 28 February 2007 Mersa Gibbons, a former secretary and receptionist at Manor Hall, died in December at the age of 89. Dr Martin Crossley Evans offers this account of her full and colourful life.
  • 27 March 2007 Professor D H Peregrine, Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics, has died suddenly after a short battle against cancer. Emeritus Professor David Evans, his colleague in Bristol for nearly 40 years, provides this overview of his life and work.
  • 22 February 2007 Dr Derek Zutshi, a former Chairman of Convocation and a member of Council and Court, has died.
  • 2 August 2016 Professor Anthony Clarke, who contributed to the science and life of the School of Biochemistry for over 30 years before retiring in 2014, has died at the age of 57. His friends and colleagues Steve Burston, John Collinge, Ian Collinson, Steve Halford, Mark Lorch and Richard Sessions offer a tribute.
  • 5 May 2021 George Sanford, Emeritus Professor of East European Politics, died on 25 February in retirement in Torquay after a long illness. His colleague Professor Mark Wickham-Jones offers a remembrance.
  • 28 March 2014 Joan Langan, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the School for Policy Studies, died recently. Her colleagues, Dr Liz Lloyd and Professor Randall Smith, offer a tribute.
  • 29 May 2014 Jake MacMillan, Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the School of Chemistry, died recently. Professor Chris Willis offers a tribute.
  • 3 July 2015 Lin Hall, an administrator within Professional Services, passed away in April aged 63. Dr David Langley, Director of Research and Enterprise Development, offers a tribute.
  • 7 March 2018 Dr. Natalya Gogolitsyna, Russian language teacher in the School of Modern Languages, passed away on 17 January at the age of 69. Derek Offord, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Russian, offers a remembrance

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