John's love of life, work, family, and friends will be sorely missed by all who knew him. Kenneth Ward was born in Durham and was Head Boy at the Johnston Grammar School, before attending Nottingham University where he graduated from in 1952 having studied German and having spent some time in Heidelberg. After a brief collaboration with J.C. Craig at UCSF, he returned to Stanford to work on a NASA-funded project under the direction of Nobel Laureate, Joshua Lederberg, of the Genetics Department, to look for ways of detecting extraterrestrial life. Nunan, F, Cepic, D, Onyango, P, Salehe, M, Yongo, E, Mbilingi, B, Odongkara, K, Mlahagwa, E & Owili, M 2020, 'Big fish, small fries? Obituary kindly supplied by Edna's son Con Cahill, Malcolm Cornwall, Physics - 1 February 2021, Barry Driscoll, Industrial Economics - 24 May 2012, Howard Erskine-Hill, English Studies and Philosophy - 26 February 2014, Margaret Green (neMcGough), Zoology - 2009, Alan Greenwell, Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences - 9 September 2010, Margaret Hafner (ne Child), French - July 2016, Anthony (Tony) Hall, Civil Engineering - 21 June 2018, Marjorie Harness (ne Radcliffe), Music - 2 February 2017, David Helliwell, Industrial Economics - 6 July 2012, Anne Jessica Hills MBE (ne Blackden), English - December 2007, Gerald Hooper, Mechanical Engineering - 19 February 2013, Elizabeth Howells, Politics - 13 May 2004, Barrington Isted, Economics & Social History - 27 October 2013, Ian Campbell Jeffrey, Mining Engineering - 25 May 2013, Terence Lemon, Civil Engineering - 19 August 2018, Josephine McElroy (ne Martin), French 14 June 2021. He retired to Cley, Norfolk in 1994 and enjoyed sailing, birdwatching, and playing Bridge. 2, pp. In the mid-1980s, his research took a new direction when the Condensed Matter Physics group at Nottingham initiated a major new research project, funded by the UK Science and Engineering Research Council, to investigate the electronic and phononic properties of multilayer semiconductor materials grown in-house by a state-of-the-art Molecular Beam Epitaxial system. At Nottingham she met and later in 1954 married army officer David Clifford (BA Industrial Administration). He was highly regarded as a dedicated lecturer and tutor whose meticulous approach and dry humour were greatly appreciated by undergraduate and postgraduate students. She was married to David (maths 1967) for almost 52 years, had 2 children, Andrew and Rachel and settled in Watford and Bushey for her married life. 18, no. Jane Lion (ne Greenwood), French - 20 March 2009, Angela Lowrie (ne Preece), Medicine - 1 January 2010, Michael McKenna, Civil Engineering - 24 November 2011, Dr Norman Paskin, Biochemistry - 27 March 2016. They married in 1981 and have lived in Brixworth, Northamptonshire since 1984. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Fiona's connections and jobs at similar companies. During her first year at Nottingham, Margaret was resident in 'The Oaks' which was then an annexe of Florence Boot Hall. Following the death of her husband in July 1995, after 38 years or marriage, Audrey organised and ran extensive bridge groups at her house through the University of the Third Age. My father Alan Norman was a student at Nottingham University 1948-1951. Peter was cultured, intelligent, curious, and kind. She took up residence in a sheltered living home and really enjoyed the company of many of the other residents. The above obituary was kindly supplied by Peter's sister. Research. Edgbaston In 1972, Chao-min Liu, a microbiologist from Taiwan and the University of Wisconsin, joined Dr. Westley at Roche. Please also see notice published byThe Chronicle Herald. In 1963 Ken moved to Leeds to take up a teaching post for RE and German and remained in the same school until retirement having moved up through the ranks to Head of School. He enjoyed performing in amateur operas, concerts and musical shows, and playing in theatres in Mauritius. Peter Seward Pell, Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Nottingham died aged 93 on 13th December 2016. Obituary kindly supplied by Colin's wife Marjorie Dean. He visited over 50 countries on every continent (Antarctica excepted); particular highlights being South America, Borneo, the Maldives and New Zealand, where he practiced his interest in photography. Birmingham University Chair of the AIFL Advisory Board: Chris Heffer Reader, Cardiff University Email: HefferC2@cardiff.ac.uk Adviser for SILC: Katy was imbued with a love of nature and the environment, an activist for education and conservation, committed to helping others to understand and enjoy the natural world. After a year working in Peru at the National Office for Planning and Urban affairs he lectured at the University of Reading for one year before resuming his academic career at Nottingham, where he obtained his PhD and was also awarded a D.Litt (Doctor of Letters) in 1990 in recognition of his extensive range of publications. Born 11 April, 1947 in Rochford; married 1974; divorced 1994; survived by 3 children Sarah an accountant, Annabell a network and security engineer, Peter a commercial pilot, 4 grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren, no dog but 3 fish. Peter was born in a small village in war-time England to parents Robert and Ruth Norton. She has a strong interest in the barriers and enablers of innovation in SMEs and the impact of these on both management practice and government policy. Doreen Shotton, former Mathematics student at the University of Nottingham, passed away on 14th September 2016, at a hospice close to her home in Runcorn, Cheshire. With his marriage to Linda, Les converted to Judaism. To end on a more positive note, I must say that during his studies at Nottingham University he used to sing in pubs to get some pocket money. fiona wilkinson university of birmingham Tablas autoreferenciadas en Power Query que respetan valores en columnas agregadas al actualizarse. Strictly family only during the current measures. As part of the thick sandwich he obtained a first in Electrical Engineering at Nottingham University. I am currently converting my doctoral thesis, 'Monsters in Ancient Greek Cosmogony, Ethnography and Biology', into a monograph. Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals. Les landed in New York in late summer 1963 and started working for Kraft as an internal auditor. He kept in regular contact with them, and they all came to his memorial service in January. Fiona's interests and experience focus on natural resource governance and management in developing country settings, particularly within inland fisheries and coastal locations in East and Southern Africa, and on exploring the links between poverty and the environment. She retired from teaching early and moved close to the Suffolk coast where she developed a voluntary career in the Girl Guiding movement, going on to become a qualified County trainer and subsequently chair of the Suffolk Trefoil Guild, along with running a merchandising depot for the local Guide Association for 27 years. He passed away on July 29th 2017. @interfields. She began her study for a degree in Mathematics at Nottingham University at the age of 17 years - young for the time. He acted as a Visiting Professor at the University of Hamburg and the University of Nancy. Online condolences may be made atadobecreekfuneralhome.com, Published in San Francisco Chronicle on December 18, 2011, Margaret Bennett (ne Scott), French & Spanish, Jacqueline Cameron, Pharmacy - February 2012, Kenneth Coates, Sociology and Politics - 27 June 2010, James Trevor Crosby, History - 23 January 1996. Latterly, the farm has mainly kept sheep and ponies. As well as teaching his research areas were in Norway and Greenland working for the Geological Survey of Greenland. He established a reputation for being able to solve unusual problems and continued this well into retirement fixing amongst other things his boat, friends cars, boilers and the endless cheap toys that couldnt stand up to his grandchildrens play. After graduation he studied for his MPhil at Northampton Polytechnic, now the City University. Before long she was organising nationally - she helped establish RaPAL, a national network of research and practice in adult literacy - and in the 90s set up some of the first student support centres in universities, including at Leicester and Nottingham. Professionally, Richard had a very rare talent being an engineer and a qualified accountant, a very rare combination of skills which stood him in good stead in his professional life. During his time in the department he assisted in lectures and carried out research which was supervised by Professor M J Owen and Dr. V Middleton. He always stood for what he believed in. While periodically helping the local authority with some locum Child Placement work, she decided to train (and qualify) as a Homeopath, practicing for a time. United Kingdom, Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology, Language, Cultures, Art History and Music, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, See all schools, departments, research and professional services, BA (Hons) in Classical Studies University of Manchester, MA in Classica and Ancient History University of Manchester, PhD in Classics and Ancient History University of Bristol, Forthcoming (2019) The Augean StablesinOgden, D. He did a lot to keep the character of the village by planting hundreds of trees and resisting development. Richard was a town councillor for Rayleigh, Essex where he lived for almost 50 years in the same house. Peter Pells life was devoted to the University and his family, following military service during World War 2 in the Royal Engineers and a short period as a consulting engineer. 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His PhD was awarded in 1968 and for the next nine years he worked for Hawker Siddeley in Group Management Services. He spent much time researching the history of the Hudson family and farming, stretching back some two hundred years, and with the help of his grandson, Louis Hudson, and the rest of the family published a personal book for them all to enjoy. We speak out as the voice of the global accounting profession. The company name was inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, a great favourite of Normans: This is the fictional Orbis Tertius (third world) described in Borges' story, Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius. He helped to establish the first IVF clinic (the Premier Medical Specialist Hospital) in Gwagwalada in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, in 1996. Nigel W Wilkinson. Obituary kindly supplied by Guy's wife, Mary. The birth of the first IVF baby in this area of Nigeria followed in 1998. He taught also for the Open University, of which he was a keen advocate, and was research fellow for the Communist Party Oral History . 34, no. Baldwins Accountants. With the decrease in physical activities, he took up watercolour painting in his 50s. In recent years, Mum had moved from the family home in central Solihull wed lived in since moving from Wallasey in 1968. The closure of Kettering Grammar School in 1993 heralded a new chapter in Cliffords life. During his stay in hospital I read him a book he had bought about Ford and it became apparent he really had enjoyed a career during its design and engineering glory days. This work, later adapted and published as a monograph (Simonides, a historical study 1992), was Johns major contribution to classical scholarship. 29, no. The majority of those years were in West Africa. He was 79. His real passion, however, was mentoring students and young professionals and he drew great pleasure from watching their success. A book of condolence is available for colleagues to record their tributes. B15 2TT. He met my mother when he was in Derby Royal infirmary recovering after the D-Day landings, she is still alive and well, and the living room of her house is still dominated by the print of Nottingham University. After graduating in 1972 in Industrial Economics at Nottingham, John joined Coopers and Lybrand in London and became a Chartered accountant and later an FCA. During the war he served in the Royal Marines at the D-Day landings and in the Far East. Pamela graduated in 1959 in French and Spanish and taught both, together with Latin, ending up in Bablake School in Coventry. He will be sadly missed and fondly remembered for his sense of humour and generosity, by all his family, friends and those that knew him. Apart from a short time in Manchester in the late 1970s where she gained a Diploma in Adult Education, Katy spent the rest of her life living and working across the world - in Western Samoa and at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji. However, his chief focus was on teaching his students and he regarded this as the most important element of his job: not research for research purposes or to increase his academic paper count. degree in chemistry with First Class Honors and the Jesse Boot Prize in 1958, and his Ph.D. degree in 1961, all from the University of Nottingham. Obituary information kindly supplied by wife Brenda, Elizabeth (Liz / Bet) Fearnley (ne Lloyd), Mathematics - 12 January 2019, I'm saddened to tell you that on Sunday 12 January 2019 my beloved Wife died. Professor Coles academic work and research reflected his language skills and his passion for travel. Bernard obtained his degree at Nottingham University College in 1948 before working for 2 years at GKN, Wolverhampton in lieu of national service. Fred, who greatly enjoyed travelling, gave many invited and contributed talks at international research conferences. To: Chief Executives for NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care, Northern Ireland: Amanda Pritchard, Caroline Lamb, Judith Paget and Peter May and, Chief Nursing Officers for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: Dame Ruth May, Alex McMahon, Sue Tranka and Maria McIlgorm. She will be missed by her family as well as her ex-teaching colleagues who remained good friends. Following his graduation and a brief spell in the UK, he spent the next 30+ years working abroad as a resident civil engineer. As well as teaching on several courses at the University of Nottingham around 1994 to 1996, he went on to teach courses of his own at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, North Derbyshire Tertiary College, University of Birmingham, Manchester Metropolitan University and Leeds University School of Continuing Education. Birmingham B15 2TT She died from cancer in August 2020, leaving behind her husband and son. 3, pp. Peter was appointed Honorary Physician to the Queen and retired with the rank of Air Commodore after five years in the Ministry of Defence as Deputy Surgeon General. Obituary kindly supplied by Pran's wife, Renate, John Pearson, Geography - 2 December 2008, John Polkinghorn, Economics and Econometrics - 19 October 2017, Charles Eric Richardson, Physics (Grouped Subjects), Michael Robinson, Electrical Engineering - 12 January 2008, Donald Reap, Industrial Economics - 25 March 2013, Jean Milly Sawyerr (ne Brown), Geography, Basil John Silver, Agriculture - 5 July 2018, Ernest Smith, Physics and Astronomy - 17 December 2011, Peter Thornhill, Mechanical Engineering - 16 May 2010, Clement Tagoe, Agriculture/Horticulture - 26 March 2013, John Walsh, Civil Engineering - December 2014, Kenneth Ward, German/English - 9 October 2016. His future wife, Marjorie, typed his PhD thesis and he insisted on completing the PhD before they married. 19, no. Christopher Kiernan, Psychology - 23 April 2011, Michael Light, Mechanical Engineering - 17 June 2008, Pamela Marsh (ne Fox), Pharmacy - 17 January 2007, William Martin, Chemistry - 24 February 2012, Jasmine Matthison, English - December 2011, Gillian Mowat (ne Garside), Dairying - 22 January 2013, David Newland,Mechanical Engineering - 2 April 2011, Alan Plumtree, Metallurgy - 5 November 2020. This was to prove the beginning of a distinguished academic career in the fields of Russian history, politics and culture. At Roche he and his department identified, solved the structures of, and biosynthesized antibiotics. The new department at Nottingham and its undergraduate degree course required a new combination of subjects to be studied and that combination was put together by him, not without some opposition from others who thought that the course should only have technological content. Sherejoined IDD in September 2008, after spending five years in East Africa, working on two fisheries co-management projects, funded by the UK Department for International Development and the EU. They both fell in love with life in Canada and lived in Ontario for the next 55 years. Chris graduated from the University of Nottingham July 2000 with a BA Honours Degree in Politics. He attended Bromley Grammar School before obtaining a scholarship to the University of Nottingham to study Geography with Spanish, obtaining a BA and an MA. Pran Nath Mehta, English / History / Law (Grouped Subjects) - 5 December 2019, Pran passed away peacefully at Joliette Hospital in his 91st year. Obituary information kindly supplied by David's wife, Patricia. Since then he has held a number of advisory roles and was currently a Consultant to Johnson Matthey on fuel cell and related activities. Obituary kindly supplied by Ronald's Daughter Alison Killen. She travelled frequently to France and had many lifelong friends there, including some she had initially made during her year abroad in Le Puy in the 1950s when studying for her degree at Nottingham. An extraordinary man of quiet and enormous will and commitment, he spent his life in service to his family, community, and country. A respected teacher and elder, Pran Naths advice was frequently sought and highly valued. Pran Nath was a Mason for 50 years with the Rawdon Centennial Lodge 135, and a long-time member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 198. He continued to research and write up the local history of Beeston in retirement and became involved in the Blue Plaques scheme in the area, helping to award several plaques for places of historical interest and compiling a leaflet with information on them all. He returned to his employment at the Ministry of Foreign affairs for about a year before taking an early retirement at the age of 50 to start a new career as lawyer. George retired in 2015, but carried on as Emeritus Professor until he was diagnosed with dementia in 2019. Alan Rice graduated in 1959 in Mechanical Engineering and worked for many years as a management consultant at PA Consulting. He married Ruth (Gent - Geography 1963-66) in 1968. Robert Carter, Economics - 16 September 2012, Valerie Gillespie (ne O'Reilly), English - December 2007. In their retirement years, John and Chao-min agreed that their work on Polyether Antibiotics, summarized in two volumes by the publisher Marcel Decker (1976-7), were the most successful collaborations of their scientific careers.
