He was a member of St Johns College, Cambridge, for which he had great affection. Obituary kindly supplied by Jacqueline Rimmington. He never claimed to be a musician, but he loved Gilbert and Sullivan, opera, and the ballet, going to Covent Garden on occasion. He was born in Sydney, Australia on 9 December 1928 and spent his early years there and in the south of France before his parents returned to live in Orpington, Kent. Despite this, in 1943 he gained a scholarship in chemistry to Brasenose College, Oxford. Obituary kindly supplied by Colin's wife Marjorie Dean. Later this was recognised by the department adopting the new name, Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Management, so allowing the operations management discipline to develop into fabrics, pharmaceuticals, tobacco and other non-engineering products, where the manufacture did not necessarily involve engineering products but involved the engineering management of manufacture. University of Nottingham postgraduate alumnus Richard Stevens passed last month at the age of 59 after several periods of illness. Other occupants: Nigel W Wilkinson. 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. He became a director of Newtech Limited where he continued to design and make specialised equipment both for teaching purposes and also for industrial applications. View my research portal. Uncle John as we called him then married Peggy in 1956 and all four of them remained such good friends throughout their lives. He was an accomplished artist, with many pen and ink drawings and oil paintings of places he visited, a dedicated father to his two sons Francis and Richard, and a doting grandfather to his eleven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Obituary kindly supplied by Robert's wife. An obituary written by Janet Weston and published in the AJR Journal is available here. Obituary kindly supplied by Michael's wife, Anna. Member of Disability Benefits Team. Full obituary available atGreat Britain Hockeywebsite. This brought her much pleasure and purpose in later life. Everybody else used a spreadsheet like a typewriter and created a new one for each application, with much entering of data and formulae followed by checking and correction of errors. University of Canberra Bachelor of Creative Writing Creative Writing. Blue Skies (Queens Awards Winners) prepare fresh fruit mainly in the countries where they grow, ready to be in the UK and other European supermarkets only days later. Aged 57, he took early retirement but carried on with his lecturing for another 3 years. There he directed a natural products group of four senior chemists and their support teams, dedicated to the isolation of compounds with potential pharmacological activity from terrestrial plants and marine organisms. Well-being and employment of young people in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam Is work enough? While at university he became farm manager for Major Spalding of Flawborough Hall, daily commuting to the University. In 1962 he married Sheila and they went on to have three children, eight grandchildren, and had recently became great grand-parents. She was made a Professor in 2018 and gave her inaugural lecture in January 2020. He taught until his retirement in 1994. Obituary kindly supplied by Karl's son, Bertrand, Dennis Atherton, Chemistry/Geology - 2012, Maurice Beckett, Agriculture/Horticulture - 1 May 2021, John Beswick, School of Biology - 26 December 2016, Alan Bird, Economics & Agricultural Economics, Patricia Bond (ne Greenhough), Mathematics - 24 February 2016, Keith Horace Bonser, Russian & Slavonic Studies - 3 January 2015, Derek Black, Mathematics - 13 December 2017, John (Trevor) Bradley, Law - 9 March 2012, David Brunt, Civil Engineering - May 2018, Edna May Cahill, Social Administration - 16 December 2022, After graduating Edna worked in Child Care in Devon, then Portsmouth. He made many strong and lasting friendships whilst at Nottingham and was involved in a variety of student societies, including parachute jumping, ballroom dancing and CathSoc. Old friends remember Ian as 'clever, kind and good company'. Robert Curtis, Geography - August 2020Described by his teachers as an unusually exceptional student, two core passions of Robbies were philosophy and travelling, which he put into practice in his gap year when he spent time in Sri Lanka and India. After Davids death in 2013 she moved to an independent retirement complex in Cambridge. From 1947 to 1980 she taught in the Department of Slavonic Studies at the University of Nottingham where, in 1967, she was the first woman to be appointed to a chair. From 1994 1998 he was director of information technology development for Elsevier. C.Eng M.I.Mech.E A.C.M.A C.G.M.A announces he passed away peacefully on May 9th 2021, at the age of 74 at Basildon Hospital surrounded by his family, after his aortic aneurysm ruptured. They are survived by their three children; Elisabeth, Stephen and Deborah; five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Christine retired from teaching in 2003. John Peter Cole, Emeritus Professor of Human and Regional Geography at the University of Nottingham, passed away on 1 April at the family home in Bramcote Hills, Nottingham at the age of 91. We met on our very first day as undergraduates, when we both arrived in Willoughby Hall. Jenny was a good wife, mother to 2 daughters, and, lately, grandmother to 5 grandchildren. He found a house there in the village of Montlaur, near St Affrique, completely renovated it, and moved in late in 2005. Sylvia Cowling (ne chapman), Slavonic Studies - 11 November 2022, Margaret Dutton, Theology - 20 September 2021, Peter William Freeman, Chemistry - 13 May 2010. He did a lot to keep the character of the village by planting hundreds of trees and resisting development. We work to prepare a future-ready accounting profession. Block 2. Freds inspiring theoretical work played a major role in the success of this project, which gained an international reputation through a series of highly-cited publications. Professor Monica Partridge was for many years a force to be reckoned with in the field of Slavonic studies. Later he became Assistant Director of the Department. He is survived by his wife Edith (qualified Bristol 1955), two children and five grandchildren. The book makes an innovative contribution to literature on environment and development by bringing together a diverse range of analytical approaches and frameworks that can be used to study human-nature interactions. He spent his later career, however, in the developing computer industry, working for ICT/ICL and later Burroughs/ Sperry. David J Mellor, Theology - 20 September 2017, James Olford, Economics/Agricultural Economics - 2 April 2017, Rev Dr Gerald Rimmington, Education - 10 October 2019. On Saturday, July 13, 2019, Michael Robin Ellwood, loving husband and father of two children, passed away peacefully at age 80 following a six-year battle with Parkinsons disease. She met Colin, her husband to be and also John Hewes, who became my fathers best man in 1952 when Mum and Dad married. UK. Dr Carmichael is interested in supervising doctoral research in the following areas:Gender, age and workInformal care and paid employmentEconomics of sport, Drishti, E & Carmichael, F 2022, 'Dead-end jobs or steppingstones? Twitter. The closure of Kettering Grammar School in 1993 heralded a new chapter in Cliffords life. . He covered Asia, travelling widely both for work and pleasure with some energy thinking nothing of going to Australia, Cambodia or Japan for a long weekend. Roger Land, Agriculture/Horticulture/Physiology, Ian Longson, Mining Engineering - 10 September 2018, Dr Anthony McCann, Electirical Engineering - 25 May 2021. Kate filled her time with her lifelong passions of nature, walking, gardening and tinkering with things and was an active supporter of many good causes. Obituary kindly supplied by Bill's classmates, John Bell and Professor Bob Parfitt, Joseph John Salmon, Physics - October 2022, Catherine Shonubi (ne Senkatuka), Geography - 1970, Christopher Southall, Agriculture/Horticulture - December 2020, Susanne Stoessl, Economics - October 2013, Online obituaries atThe GuardianandFind Your Feet. This trip saw an unfortunate episode involving the leading Soviet writers Akhmatova and Zoshchenko at the Leningrad Union of Writers, which became part of Anglo-Soviet cultural lore. And we always enjoyed visits to Lindisfarne, the island of Aidan. He was a leading figure in The Heswall Round Table, with memorable events including pushing a wheelchair coast-to-coast for charity and always helping Santa. 48, no. During the war, Frank was a meteorological officer in the RAF and then became a maths teacher. He established an international reputation for his pioneering experimental research into the fatigue strength of bituminous materials for road construction, which started in 1954, and extended his interests into new design methods for roads.Peter Pell was essentially a Nottingham man. He also published a series of articles on Greek and Latin literature. Obituary kindly supplied by Alan's daughter, Halina, Elizabeth (Betty) Roberts (ne Coe), Law - 20 June 2019, Professor Sheung Tam, Chemistry - 1 January 2021, David John Thirkall, Agriculture/Horticulture - 25 August 2009, Gerald Toogood, Chemistry - 30 November 2020, Marian Tyacke (ne Philip), English - 8 January 2009, Sandra Wilson (ne Proud), Pharmacy - 2011, Michael Witcomb, Geography/Economic Social History - 18 December 2010, Richard Radley, Agriculture/Horticulture - 12 October 2011, Dr Alan Walker, Chemistry - 14 October 2019, Vera Theresa Wass, Pharmacy - 28 June 2014, Dr Edwin Willis, Chemistry - 21 December 2016, Eric Dalgleish, Engineering - October 2008, Stanley Middleton, English - 25 July 2009, Donald Moss, Chemistry - 23 February 2017, Harry Smith, Chemistry - 10 December 2011, Dr Norman Todd, Pharmacy - 30 January 2019, For a full obituary, please seeThe Nottingham Post, George Baines, Agriculture/Horticulture - 6 January 2014, It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of my father who was a student at the Midland Agricultural College at Sutton Bonnington 1941-43. Mike Solomon played a leading role in the development of economic geology, both in Australia and internationally. There will be a thanksgiving service in Rostrevor when travel is easier. Fidelis was a prominent member of the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in the USA, the RCOG in the UK and the Association for Fertility and Reproductive Health (AFRH) in Nigeria. Edward (Ted) Ward, Chemistry - 12 October 2011, Dr Brian Wilson, Grouped Subjects - 31 October 2019, Dr David Gordon Wilson, Mechanical Engineering - 2 May 2019, Robert Wroughton, Pharmacy - 17 January 2011, Francis "Frank" Barcroft, Chemistry - 29 July 2018. Richard Sadler, Mechanical Engineering - 30 December 2021, Susan Stone (ne Easterby), Social Administration, Cathy Urwin, Child Psychology - 2 June 2012, David Beardsley, Education - January 2015, Joan Doreen Dobson (ne Atkinson), Education - 26 February 2013, Stephen Murray Downton, Physics - 19 January 2014, Robert Dossetter, Education - 10 July 2011, Brent Gathercole, Electrical Engineering - 9 August 2020, Katherine Gaydon, Chemistry - 3 March 2005, Margaret Hopkin (ne Hallam), Education - 22 May 2011, Wendy Lawrence (ne Hooper), Physics - 2 July 2019, Nicholas Mabelle, Civil Engineering - 31 August 2010, Heather Malloch (ne Backhouse), Theology - July 2010, Simon Pettitt, Theology - 18 December 2009, Rodney (Rod) Taylor MBE, Electrical Engineering - 28 January 2018, Gillian Wilson (ne Robinson), Geography - 2014, Richard Anthony Charles, Law - 21 July 2013, Roberto Chizzolini, Food Sciences - 8 April 2004, Heather Daly (ne Tait-Worsley), Social Administration 17 November 2021, Sheila Gardiner, Agriculture/Horticulture - 16 March 2022. Lynne Golberg (ne Potter), Chemistry/Philosophy, Ian Gray, Mechanical Engineering - 1 August 2011, Sheila Howard (ne McShane), Education - 17 October 2017. In 1978 he joined the academic staff at the Corrosion and Protection Centre at UMIST. The Board of Directors manages the Trust's services and develops plans and strategies for the future. He was then made Reader Emeritus by the Bishop of Ripon. Dress rehearsal night allowed students to obtain concessionary tickets as well as a group concession. Mum worked in the factory painting colour codes on components, while her sister worked on the switchboard. 2009 - 2014. He became an ordained minister in the Congregational Church and worked until a few days before his death. Activity After all . She will be sorely missed. 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. From 1982-1986 he was Head of Urban Affairs at the OECD in Paris. Shrewsbury. Obituary kindly supplied by classmate Robbie Simmons, The Reverend Alan Sell, Philosophy and Theology - February 2016, Jeremy Warren, Entrepreneurship - August 2012, Helen Applegarth, Combined Studies - 1st May 2010, Gillian Barton, Combined Studies - February 2011, Stephen Bradshaw, Counselling - 1 November 2009, Abigail (Aby) Cairns (ne Holmes), Midwifery - 14 June 2018, Joanna Ingram, Pastoral and Theological Studies - 2015, Kathryn Phipps, Physiotherapy - 30 March 2008, Michael Bristow, Education - 17 March 2008, James Bullock, Human Genetics - 20 March 2012, Alan Lyons, Institute of Work Health and Organisations - 2010, Michael Pedder, Chemistry - 2 January 2012, Christopher Puddifoot, Film Studies - 10 November 2009, Nicola Sherrington, Medicine - 13 September 2011, Sean Zeelie, Clinical Psychiatry - 13 September 2010, Abdalla Elzaidabi, Architecture - 11 October 2010, Dr Jack Gibson, Epidemiology and Public Health - 2022, Michael Grundy, Finance, Accounting and Management - 8 September 2013, Adam Jephson, International Business - 11 August 2016, William Lovell, Music PhD - 30 March 2014, Philip Saravanamuttu, Industrial Economics - 2012, Patricia Thornton-Houser, Education - 2010, Thomas Peltier, Electrical Engineering - 2003, W Gordon Smedsrud, Occasional Student - 20 January 2004, Derwyn Thomas, Pharmacology - 15 January 2014, Kathleen Walker, (ne Duggan), Education - 22 May 2006, Fiona Williams (ne Woolfenden), Sociology - 25 September 2009, Stephen Andrews, Local and Regional History - 14 April 2006, Maximillian Halliwell, Chemistry/Material Sciences, Sir Charles Mackerras, Honorary Degree - 14 July 2010, For a full obituary please seeThe Guardian, Deborah Rogers (ne Stainer), Agriculture and Food Sciences - 1 September 2010, Richard Sewter, Social Administration - 26 February 2008, Mark Smith, Biochemistry - 19 December 2010, Patrick Smith, Philosophy - December 2009, Kate Akers (nee Hagerty), Chemistry - February 2021Kate passed away peacefully aged 49 on 1 February 2021 after a short battle with cancer. 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