alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 20, 2019 Gary Gutting, a philosopher and emeritus professor of philosophy at Notre Dame, has died. He was 76. http://dailynous.com/2019/01/20/gary-gutting-1942-2019/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted January 30, 2019 Paul Streeten, Boston University economics prof and DDP pick, died on January 6 without anyone noticing. No sign of a QO. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 5, 2019 Colin Barker, an Oxford-educated British sociologist, Marxist historian & author and Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University from 1967 to 2002, has died. He was 79 or 80. http://www.rs21.org.uk/2019/02/04/colin-barker-1939-2019/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 7, 2019 Anne Firor Scott, who helped establish the field of women’s history and taught at Duke for three decades, has died. She was 97. https://today.duke.edu/2019/02/womens-history-pioneer-anne-firor-scott-has-died-97 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 8, 2019 John Tyler Bonner, who trained at Harvard and was later long associated with Princeton, chairing its Biology Department on three separate occasions, has died. He was 98. Currently, I can find a blog acknowledging his death, but no proper obit. https://freethoughtblogs.com/fierceroller/?p=5608 Edit: Obit: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/02/15/microbiologist-john-bonner-leading-expert-cellular-slime-molds-dies-98 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 16, 2019 Simon Norton, a British mathematician and the subject of the 2011 biography 'The Genius in My Basement', has died. He was 66. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/02/15/simon-norton-mathematical-prodigy-became-subject-biography-genius/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted March 4, 2019 The UKs first Professor of Disability Studies, Michael Oliver, has died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 5, 2019 Herman Willington Dorsett, a founding professor at Florida International University (they opened their doors in 1972) and a leader in many educational, civic and business organizations, died March 2 of congestive heart failure. He was 78. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted March 21, 2019 Mary Warnock, ethics philosopher with a political reach, dead at 94: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/21/philosopher-mary-warnock-dies-aged-94-special-needs-fertility Picked in the Death by Numbers, at least. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,644 Posted March 28, 2019 Just seen Mike Oliver - the world's first professor of Disability Studies - died earlier this month. Actually far from an arrogant academic - famed as a down to earth type: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Oliver_(disability_advocate) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted March 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Just seen Mike Oliver - the world's first professor of Disability Studies - died earlier this month. Actually far from an arrogant academic - famed as a down to earth type: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Oliver_(disability_advocate) Very down to earth now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,644 Posted March 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, Skinny kiltrunner said: Very down to earth now. Aye, it's a win-win cremation, they get his ashes and melt down his chair in one hit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 7, 2019 Ralph Brill taught at Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology for some 50 years, developing a legal writing program that became a national model for teaching concise, clear writing and the research behind it. Brill, 83, died June 21 of natural causes in Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He lived for more than 30 years in the Printer’s Row neighborhood of Chicago. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 24, 2019 James Johnston, a Stanford mechanical engineering professor and one of the foremost authorities in fluid dynamics, has died. He was 88. https://news.stanford.edu/2019/07/23/james-johnston-expert-fluid-dynamics-died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,644 Posted July 24, 2019 3 hours ago, alt obits guy said: James Johnston, a Stanford mechanical engineering professor and one of the foremost authorities in fluid dynamics, has died. He was 88. https://news.stanford.edu/2019/07/23/james-johnston-expert-fluid-dynamics-died/ For his funeral he'll be fed into a giant blender 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 5, 2019 Desmond Morton, a noted historian and McGill University professor emeritus, has died. He was 81. Morton authored 40 books on Canadian history. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/desmond-morton-historian-1.5271672 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted October 11, 2019 'World renowned roboticist', Dr Peter B Scott-Morgan, has decided to become a cyborg in an attempt to counter the effects of motor neurone disease... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted October 11, 2019 5 hours ago, DevonDeathTrip said: 'World renowned roboticist', Dr Peter B Scott-Morgan, has decided to become a cyborg in an attempt to counter the effects of motor neurone disease... Remarkable in a couple of ways, thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 11, 2019 David Schuman, a law professor at the University of Oregon and a retired Oregon Court of Appeals judge, died Tuesday. He was 75. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 14, 2019 Harold Bloom, an American literary critic, iconic Yale professor and author, has died. He was 89. https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/10/14/sterling-professor-harold-bloom-dies-at-89/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted October 14, 2019 1 minute ago, alt obits guy said: Harold Bloom, an American literary critic, iconic Yale professor and author, has died. He was 89. https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/10/14/sterling-professor-harold-bloom-dies-at-89/ Was on my shortlist for 2020, heard he was completely away with the fairies in a care home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 15, 2019 7 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Was on my shortlist for 2020, heard he was completely away with the fairies in a care home. With that pronouncement I'm interested to see if he comes close to a QO. .... and lo what have we here - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/14/harold-bloom-literary-critic-yale-professor-dies-89 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 18, 2019 Rom Harré, whose career included a 30 year stint in the Oxford University philosophy department, has died. He was 91. http://dailynous.com/2019/10/18/rom-harre-1927-2019/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted November 11, 2019 God I hate this thread's title. Anyway, Noel Ignatiev, writer of How the Irish Became White, one of the key "destroy whiteness" texts, has died. He was the only man in the world who had an anti-semitic toaster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted November 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Spade_Cooley said: God I hate this thread's title. Yeah, it was shit. Thanks @Death Impends! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites