YoungWillz 21,081 Posted January 21, 2023 Robert Winston - grief over his wife's death has left him wondering whether life is worth continuing: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11661129/Professor-Robert-Winston-gives-tragic-account-wifes-moments-999-crew-tried-save-her.html This is a medical academic, people.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,165 Posted January 21, 2023 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: Robert Winston - grief over his wife's death has left him wondering whether life is worth continuing: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11661129/Professor-Robert-Winston-gives-tragic-account-wifes-moments-999-crew-tried-save-her.html This is a medical academic, people.... She died in 2021 so he's coped so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,081 Posted January 21, 2023 Tom Nairn, Scottish political theorist, academic and essayist, reportedly dead aged 90: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,372 Posted January 26, 2023 Inge Kaul, an adjunct professor at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany, has died. She was 78 or 79. Kaul advised governmental, multilateral and non-profit organizations on policy options. She had several books published. https://hdr.undp.org/content/memory-dr-inge-kaul-1944-2023 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,780 Posted February 6, 2023 China has CAE and CAS, Taiwan has Academia Sinica. It has 281 Academicians, lots of them also from Mainland China. Here's a list of those born 1932 and before: Ye Xuan (1 Dec 1916-) Engineering scientist, member since 1970. As far as I know still alive and the doyen of AS. Yang Chen-Ning (1 Oct 1922-) Ancient Physics Nobel recipient who needs no introduction here. Member since 1958. Theodore Y. Wu (30 Mar 1924 - 16 Dec 2023) Chinese-born US fluid dynamics engineer. Member since 1983. Tsung-Dao Lee (24 Nov 1926- 4 August 2024) Ancient Physics Nobel recipient with Chen-Ning, member since 1958. Chok-Yung Chai (17 Feb 1928 - 28 Dec 2023) physiologist, tax evader. Member since 1978. Chang Chuan-chiung (23 Oct 1928 - 1 Feb 2024) Pharmacologist who isolated bungarotoxin. Member since 1976. Yu Huanian (17 Jan 1929-) High tech expert. Member since 2000. Kenneth Hsu (? 1929-, born either January, June or July) Scientist, geologist, paleoclimatologist, oceanographer, government advisor, author, inventor and entrepreneur, member since 1990. Cho-yun Hsu (3 Sep 1930-) Historian. Member since 1980. Wang Gungwu (9 Oct 1930-) Chinese-born Singaporean historian on China and SE Asia. Member since 1992. Gregory Chow (25 Dec 1930-) Chinese-born American economist who invented the Chow test. Member since 1970. Fang Fu, Zhuang Mingzhe and Wei Qianquang have no Wiki pages. Zhang Guangda (27 May 1931-) Historian, member since 2008 Shu Chien (23 Jun 1931-) Physiologist and bioengineer. Member since 1976. Yuan-Chuan Lee (30 Mar 1932-) Biochemist, member since 1994. Ru-Chih Chow Huang (2 Apr 1932-) Chinese-American biochemist, member since 1982. Jacqueline Whang-Peng (Sept 1932-) Taiwanese-American cancer researcher, member since 1984. Chih-Tang Sah (10 Nov 1932-) Chinese-American electronics engineer, member since 1998. Norman N. Li (25 Dec 1932-) Chinese-American chemical engineer. Member since 1996. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,692 Posted February 8, 2023 Daniel Defert (wiki), French sociologist and HIV/AIDS activist, dead at 85. Also the partner to the late French philosopher and child molester Michel Foucault. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OneManJury 84 Posted February 8, 2023 9 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Daniel Defert (wiki), French sociologist and HIV/AIDS activist, dead at 85. Also the partner to the late French philosopher and child molester Michel Foucault. Bon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,611 Posted February 8, 2023 Leontii Voitovych, Ukrainian scientist-historian has died aged 71. Obit (In Ukrainian). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arrowsmith 448 Posted February 8, 2023 12 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Daniel Defert (wiki), French sociologist and HIV/AIDS activist, dead at 85. Also the partner to the late French philosopher and child molester Michel Foucault. The accusation of child molestation seems to have been rather thoroughly debunked. https://www.telospress.com/must-we-cancel-foucault/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,692 Posted February 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, arrowsmith said: The accusation of child molestation seems to have been rather thoroughly debunked. https://www.telospress.com/must-we-cancel-foucault/ A blog. Nice reliable source there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arrowsmith 448 Posted February 8, 2023 38 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: A blog. Nice reliable source there. A blog for an academic journal - written by a Foucault scholar. Seemingly much more reliable than the source of the original accusation. I have no dog in this fight, but it seemed inappropriate not to bring up that the claim you’re stating as fact is contested. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,692 Posted February 9, 2023 9 hours ago, arrowsmith said: A blog for an academic journal - written by a Foucault scholar. Seemingly much more reliable than the source of the original accusation. I have no dog in this fight, but it seemed inappropriate not to bring up that the claim you’re stating as fact is contested. Whereas a scholar of Foucault certainly would have a dog in this fight! This is like the Michael Jackson stuff. As soon as the accusations appear, his fans rush to his side. I'm generally against trial by Internet or by lynch mob and obviously he's not here to defend himself. The allegations do however come from multiple sources and have been published by reputable sources. The Spectator, July 2021: How Foucault was shielded from scandal by French reverence for intellectuals The Times, March 2021: French philosopher Michel Foucault ‘abused boys in Tunisia’ Given that millions of men travel to the Far East, Northern Africa, Latin America etc. to abuse children, I don't find it hard to believe that one of them happened to be a philosopher. There's a good Medium article here that puts all the jigsaw pieces together. It seems likely he was. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,611 Posted February 10, 2023 Robin Cocks, British geologist has died aged 84. Obit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,611 Posted February 10, 2023 Barrie Juniper emeritus reader in plant sciences at the University of Oxford and Fellow Emeritus of St Catherine's College, Oxford has died aged 90. Obit . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,081 Posted February 14, 2023 British historian and biographer of Anthony Eden, Harold MacMillan and Alec Douglas-Home, DR Thorpe Death Notice: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/262461/thorpe Taught at Charterhouse and a fellow of two Oxford colleges. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,206 Posted February 14, 2023 5 hours ago, YoungWillz said: British historian and biographer of Anthony Eden, Harold MacMillan and Alec Douglas-Home, DR Thorpe Death Notice: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/262461/thorpe Taught at Charterhouse and a fellow of two Oxford colleges. Thank you for this information. I've read the Eden and MacMillan books and they're very good and well-researched. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,611 Posted February 17, 2023 Catherine McArdle Kelleher, American political scientist involved in national and international security policy. She was Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University and College Park Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. She died aged 84. Obit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,052 Posted February 19, 2023 French historian Daniel Roche reportedly dead at 87 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,611 Posted February 20, 2023 Yoshihisa Okumura, Japanese engineer who professor in Kanazawa Institute of Technology has died aged 96. Obit (In Japanese). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,611 Posted February 21, 2023 Semyon Gershtein, Russian Physicist and an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 2003 has died aged 93. Obit (In Russian). 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,611 Posted February 22, 2023 Roger Ellis, British schoolteacher who was headmaster of Rossall School and Marlborough College has died aged 93. Times Announcement John C. Hitt, American professor and academic administrator, who served as the fourth president of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida from 1992 to 2018 has died aged 82. Obit 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,611 Posted February 28, 2023 Li Yining, Chinese economist who was a long-time professor at Peking University and former dean of the Guanghua School of Management. He died aged 92 Obit (In Chinese). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,611 Posted March 1, 2023 Javad Tabatabai, Iranian philosopher and political scientist. He was Professor and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Tehran. He died aged 77. Obit (In Persian). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,611 Posted March 5, 2023 Francisco J. Ayala, evolutionary biologist, philosopher, and Catholic priest who was a longtime faculty member at the University of California, Irvine and University of California, Davis has died aged 88. Obit (In Spanish). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,780 Posted March 6, 2023 One of the most profilic Finnish historians, main author of The National Biography of Finland Matti Klinge dead at 86. Eccentric, controversial and arguably pro-Putin. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
