• OBITUARIES
  • Christ Church
  • Exeter College
  • Magdalen College
  • Merton College
  • St Hilda's College
  • St John's College

OBITUARIES

Christ Church

PROFESSOR DAVID FRANCIS PEARS, FBA, 1 July 2009; Research Lecturer 1948–50, Research Student 1959–60, Official Student and Tutor in Philosophy 1960–85, Ordinary Student and Professor of Philosophy 1985–8, Emeritus Student 1988-2009; Fellow, Corpus Christi College, 1950–9; Governor, Westminster School; Membre de l'Institut International de Philosophie. Aged 88.

Exeter College

JACQUES MILLET, 7 June 2009; scholar 1957; formerly of Ecole des Sciences Politiques, Faculté des Lettres. Aged 78.

Magdalen College

CHARLES ARNOLD-BAKER, OBE, 6 June 2009; commoner 1937–40. Aged 90.

ERHARD JOSEF DORNBERG, 9 March 2008; commoner 1950–3. Aged 82.

ROBIN REECE EVANS, 2 November 2007; commoner 1965–9. Aged 60.

JAMES HAMILTON FAIRLEY, 2009; commoner 1945–50. Aged 81.

ANTHONY WALTON HARRISON-BARBET, 29 May 2009; commoner 1967–9. Aged 70.

DONALD HOPE LAIDLAW, 19 April 2009; commoner 1949–52. Aged 85.

IAN ALISTAIR MILLAR, May 2009; commoner 1947–50. Aged 83.

DAVID ERNEST NORFOLK, 7 June 2009; commoner 1944–5 and 1947–51. Aged 82.

GUERRERO ALEJANDRO ROSSI, 5 June 2009; commoner 1960–1. Aged 76.

WALTER RUTHERFORD SARGAISON, 7 May 2009; exhibitioner 1945–7. Aged 82.

PETER PAUL THOMAS, 11 June 2009; commoner 1947–9. Aged 88.

Merton College

DAVID JOHN AINSWORTH, November 2008; commoner 1954-7. Aged 75.

REX ALAN BROWNING, CB, 29 May 2009; Postmaster 1949–52 and 1956. Aged 79.

PROFESSOR DOUGLAS FERGUSON SCOTT THOMSON, 18 February 2009; Postmaster 1938–9 and 1945–7; Professor of Classics. Aged 90.

JOHN EDGAR TYRER, 19 April 2009; commoner 1949–52. Aged 81.

THE HON. SIR PETER EDLIN WEBSTER, 10 April 2009; commoner 1946–8 and 1951–3; Judge of the High Court; Chairman, Judicial Studies Board. Aged 85.

JOHN GORDON WOODGATE, 17 April 2009; Exhibitioner 1942–3 and 1946–7; Physicist, Clarendon Laboratory. Aged 86.

St Hilda's College

ANNETTE MAY FARRER (née Gelson), BA DIP.ED. Oxf, 9 June 2009; scholar 1948–52. Aged 79.

DOREEN SHEILA FORSYTH (née Watkinson), 22 June 2009; commoner 1950–2. Aged 78.

ELIZABETH LINDSAY HARLEY (née Fitt), BA DIP.ED Oxf, 8 June 2009; commoner 1931–7. Aged 95.

PAMELA MARY WALE (née Pigeon), 26 May 2009; commoner 1947–8. Aged 90.

St John's College

PROFESSOR FRANK BARLOW, CBE, B.LITT MA D.PHIL Oxf, FBA, FRSL, 27 June 2009; commoner (Modern History) 1930, Honorary Fellow 2001–9; Professor Emeritus, University of Exeter. Aged 98.

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