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  • Bill Smith, 1941-2007 13 February 2007 Dr Bill Smith, recently retired Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering, died on 18 January at the age of 65. His former colleague, Professor David Blockley, contributes this account of his life.
  • Kelvin Symonds, 1953–2008 30 June 2008 Kelvin Symonds, Head Attendant in the Arts and Social Sciences Library, died in May. Peter King, Director of Library Services, remembers 'a devoted and very proud family man... the sort of person who presents solutions to problems rather than the problems themselves'.
  • Professor Peter Wells CBE, 1936-2017 5 May 2017 Peter Wells CBE, Emeritus Professor of the School of Clinical Sciences has died. Emeritus Professor of the School of Clinical Sciences, Alan W Preece offers a tribute.
  • Dr Anne Cole, 1918-2008 15 July 2008 Dr Anne Cole, a lecturer and programme administrator in Biochemistry, died recently. Professor Dick Denton offers a tribute.
  • Richard Hill, 1921-2008 19 May 2008 Richard Hill, who served on University Council for 36 years and was its Chairman for a decade and a half, died in April.
  • Professor Andrew Lang, MSc, PhD, FRS 1924-2008 24 July 2008 Andrew Lang, Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Bristol, died in June. He joined the University in 1960 and was promoted to Professor of Physics in 1979.
  • Kevin F Tindall, 1922-2008 18 June 2008 Dr Derek Parsons remembers Kevin Tindall, long-serving Laboratory Superintendent in the HH Wills Physics Laboratory and a man with a 'quick wit' and 'unquenchable enthusiasm'.
  • Professor Edward Braun, 1936-2017 3 May 2017 Edward Braun, Emeritus Professor of Drama, has died. Martin White, Emeritus Professor of Theatre, recalls the life and work of a close friend and colleague.
  • Susan Hurley, 1954-2007 30 August 2007 Susan Hurley, Professor of Philosophy, has died. Alexander Bird offers an appreciation of her life and work.
  • George W Brandt, 1920-2007 31 October 2007 Emeritus Professor of Drama, George Brandt, died on 24 September. Martin White and John Adams review the life and career of this 'remarkable and lovable man'.

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