Obituaries
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Stanley William Taylor, 1921-2010
13 September 2010
Professor John Parkin remembers a former fellow academic in the Department of French.
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F Gordon A Stone, 1925-2011
12 April 2011
Gordon Stone CBE FRS, Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, has died. Professor Selby Knox offers this appreciation.
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Robert Vines, 1947-2011
11 April 2011
Robert Vines, a former leading cleaner with Site Services, died last week. Liz Lynch offers this tribute.
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Professor Frank Shaw, 1928-2011
16 March 2011
Frank Shaw, Emeritus Professor of Medieval German, died in early March. Dr Anne Simon, Senior Lecturer in the Department of German, offers this tribute.
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Dr JSC Parry, 1926-2010
3 September 2010
Dr John Parry, a former Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has died. Robert Adams, Emeritus Professor of Applied Mechanics, remembers an excellent teacher, researcher and practical engineer who also had an interest in the dramatic arts.
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Professor Angus Hornby 1922-2009
8 October 2009
We regret to announce that Emeritus Professor Angus Hornby died on Sunday 4 October at the age of 87. Professor Hornby held a Chair of Law in the then Faculty of Law at the University of Bristol from 1961 until his retirement in 1985.
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Max Brown 1950-2009
23 November 2009
Liz Lynch remembers Max Brown, a people-loving University porter who was 'one of the most optimistic people I ever knew'.
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Bob Cogan 1950-2009
3 November 2009
Robert (Bob) Cogan, Senior Porter in the School of Chemistry, passed away in hospital on 31 October 2009, after a short illness.
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Sir Robert Wall OBE, 1929-2009
6 October 2009
Sir Robert Wall, Pro-Chancellor of the University from 1990 to 1998, died on 3 October 2009.
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Professor Richard Langton Gregory, 1923 – 2010
24 May 2010
Richard Gregory, CBE, DSc, FRSE, FRS, Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Bristol, died peacefully on 17 May 2010 after suffering a stroke. His family and close friends were with him.
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