Academic Footnotes

[Sir Creep 7,070]

A professor stabbed to death on the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles on Friday was identified as psychology Professor Bosco Tjan. Tjan was killed Friday afternoon at the University Park Campus in the Seeley G. Mudd building. An unidentified student was arrested in connection with the death.

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http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Faculty-Member-at-USC-Stabbed-404371496.html

[The Dead Cow 620]

Huston Smith, Derek Parfit, Tony Atkinson and John Berger

 

Quite the few days for academics, huh?

[Thatcher 2,375]

Professor Anthony King, a Canadian-born British psephologist has died aged 82. Those in the UK may well remember him best as a commentator on the BBC's General Election coverage.
It's on the live blog here under an entry at 9:34am.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/jan/12/gerard-coyne-launches-manifesto-in-unite-leadership-contest-politics-live?page=with:block-58774d39e4b0710de27b8bcf#block-58774d39e4b0710de27b8bcf

[YoungWillz 21,007]

Professor Anthony King, a Canadian-born British psephologist has died aged 82. Those in the UK may well remember him best as a commentator on the BBC's General Election coverage.

It's on the live blog here under an entry at 9:34am.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/jan/12/gerard-coyne-launches-manifesto-in-unite-leadership-contest-politics-live?page=with:block-58774d39e4b0710de27b8bcf#block-58774d39e4b0710de27b8bcf

 

One of those Whatever Happened to....he was everywhere at one point. RIP.

[Thatcher 2,375]

 

 

Professor Anthony King, a Canadian-born British psephologist has died aged 82. Those in the UK may well remember him best as a commentator on the BBC's General Election coverage.

It's on the live blog here under an entry at 9:34am.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/jan/12/gerard-coyne-launches-manifesto-in-unite-leadership-contest-politics-live?page=with:block-58774d39e4b0710de27b8bcf#block-58774d39e4b0710de27b8bcf

One of those Whatever Happened to....he was everywhere at one point. RIP.

I agree, quite a shame really. Here's a BBC obit if anyone is interested.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-38596584

[Sean 6,309]

 

 

Professor Anthony King, a Canadian-born British psephologist has died aged 82. Those in the UK may well remember him best as a commentator on the BBC's General Election coverage.

It's on the live blog here under an entry at 9:34am.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/jan/12/gerard-coyne-launches-manifesto-in-unite-leadership-contest-politics-live?page=with:block-58774d39e4b0710de27b8bcf#block-58774d39e4b0710de27b8bcf

One of those Whatever Happened to....he was everywhere at one point. RIP.

 

He taught at Essex University where I study until last year I think.He taught a lot of my friends in their first year.No one had heard he was ill just on study leave which can be ominous.Apparently he also had an affair with Shirley Williams.

[msc 18,421]

 

 

Professor Anthony King, a Canadian-born British psephologist has died aged 82. Those in the UK may well remember him best as a commentator on the BBC's General Election coverage.

It's on the live blog here under an entry at 9:34am.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/jan/12/gerard-coyne-launches-manifesto-in-unite-leadership-contest-politics-live?page=with:block-58774d39e4b0710de27b8bcf#block-58774d39e4b0710de27b8bcf

One of those Whatever Happened to....he was everywhere at one point. RIP.

 

He taught at Essex University where I study until last year I think.He taught a lot of my friends in their first year.No one had heard he was ill just on study leave which can be ominous.Apparently he also had an affair with Shirley Williams.

 

 

Not really an affair, though the press reported it as so: he was a widower, her husband ran off with another woman. They both then met other folk and remarried.

[Sean 6,309]

 

 

 

 

Professor Anthony King, a Canadian-born British psephologist has died aged 82. Those in the UK may well remember him best as a commentator on the BBC's General Election coverage.

It's on the live blog here under an entry at 9:34am.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/jan/12/gerard-coyne-launches-manifesto-in-unite-leadership-contest-politics-live?page=with:block-58774d39e4b0710de27b8bcf#block-58774d39e4b0710de27b8bcf

One of those Whatever Happened to....he was everywhere at one point. RIP.

He taught at Essex University where I study until last year I think.He taught a lot of my friends in their first year.No one had heard he was ill just on study leave which can be ominous.Apparently he also had an affair with Shirley Williams.

Not really an affair, though the press reported it as so: he was a widower, her husband ran off with another woman. They both then met other folk and remarried.

 

I stand corrected.I knew they were seeing each other at one point.

[Thatcher 2,375]

Mark Fisher, a cultural theorist and lecturer at Goldsmiths University of London has reportedly died aged 49. His most notable works include ​Capitalist Realism and his k-punk blog. He was also a contributor to The Guardian and The New Statesman. His wife has confirmed he committed suicide.
http://thequietus.com/articles/21567-mark-fisher-dies-rip

 

Edit: Here is a Guardian obituary.

[Spade_Cooley 9,513]

Mark Fisher, a cultural theorist and lecturer at Goldsmiths University of London has reportedly died aged 49. His most notable works include ​Capitalist Realism and his k-punk blog. He was also a contributor to The Guardian and The New Statesman.

http://thequietus.com/articles/21567-mark-fisher-dies-rip

 

Ah, the glory years of terrible mid-00s music theory blogging, we hardly knew ye.

[CaptainChorizo 1,976]

The K-Punk scene was just too commercial by the time he started blogging,the real K-Punk took place in the Fanzine Era.

[Toast 16,118]

WTF is K-Punk anyway?

[Cat O'Falk 3,290]

[Sir Creep 7,070]

With the rash of absolute nobodies being posted this past week -- and I think we know who we can attribute that to (look no further than the entry above this), allow me to post someone who should likely not get his 15 minutes but shall.

 

Former California State Librarian Kevin Starr, who is deemed the pre-eminent historian of the Golden State, has died. He was 76.

Starr died of a heart attack Saturday at a hospital in San Francisco. Starr, a professor of history at the University of Southern California, researched and wrote "Americans and the California Dream," a series of books considered the definitive account of the California story.

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http://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2017-01-15/kevin-starr-californias-premier-historian-dies-at-76

[CastAway 488]

Award-winning LGBT historian Stuart Timmons has died at 60 following a cardiac arrest. Timmons had previously suffered a stroke in 2008, which had significantly impaired his cognitive function.

[Thatcher 2,375]

Various reports online that Raymond Smullyan has died aged 97. So far all I can see is Twitter/Facebook posts from academics, no obituary yet but it appears he passed away yesterday.

Edit: Here is an obituary.

[drol 11,885]

Various reports online that Raymond Smullyan has died aged 97. So far all I can see is Twitter/Facebook posts from academics, no obituary yet but it appears he passed away yesterday.

He's definitely a big name. He has not been picked for the DDP but I'd be shocked if he does not obit.

[drol 11,885]

It's true. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10212200832006465&id=1546943160

 

But still no obits. Fucking strange.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

It's true. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10212200832006465&id=1546943160

 

But still no obits. Fucking strange.

Michel Delpech like person I'm guessing.

[msc 18,421]

Rarely heard of him, but this comes up on Wikiquote:

 

Why should I worry about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!

 

That, I like.

[Toast 16,118]

 

It's true. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10212200832006465&id=1546943160

 

But still no obits. Fucking strange.

Michel Delpech like person I'm guessing.

 

 

Hardly.

 

The poor chap's scarcely cold, no need to draw any conclusions yet.

[The Dead Cow 620]

Rarely heard of him, but this comes up on Wikiquote:

 

Why should I worry about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!

 

That, I like.

 

Ah, the old Epicurean view,..

 

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

 

Another obvious miss for my theme team, along with Bauman and Todorov.

[drol 11,885]

Still no obits at all. Come on, guys, this is not funny.

[Spade_Cooley 9,513]

Raymond Smullyan is dead, this time on a news website, if not a QO.

[drol 11,885]

Finally.