Obituaries
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Joan Langan, 1953-2014
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.
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Professor Jake MacMillan FRS, 1924-2014
29 May 2014
Jake MacMillan, Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the School of Chemistry, died recently. Professor Chris Willis offers a tribute.
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Joyce Ferrier, 1925-2013
24 March 2014
Joyce Ferrier, former secretary in the Departments of French and Italian, died in late 2013. Professor John Parkin offers this appreciation.
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Professor Ronald Milne, 1930-2014
3 March 2014
Ronald Milne, former Dean of Engineering and a major contributor to research in aeronautics, died recently. Professor Gareth Padfield and Professor Dick Clements offer a tribute.
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Natalya Leonidovna Gogolitsyna, 1948-2018
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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Emeritus Professor George Sanford, 1943-2021
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.
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Professor Anthony Russell Clarke, 1959-2016
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.
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Professor Sally Duensing, 1949-2015
4 November 2015
Sally Duensing, Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Education (GSoE) from 2005-2010, passed away last week after a lengthy hospitalisation. Justin Dillon, Head of GSoE, offers a remembrance.
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Dr Daryl James Dugdale, 1966-2021
9 June 2021
Dr Daryl Dugdale, Lecturer in Social Work and Programme Director for the Social Work MSc, died on 26 May at the age of 55. His colleague, Dr Agnes Bezzina, offers a remembrance.
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Brian Pritchard Jones, 1929-2015
3 March 2016
Brian Jones, who was the University Sub-Librarian with responsibility for the libraries of the Medical, Dental and Veterinary Schools until his retirement in 1989, has died aged 86. This memorial is written by Alexa and Alison Jones, together with former and current Library staff.
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