About the University of Leicester
Obituaries
It is with great sadness that we record the loss of students, graduates and members of staff, past and current.
If you know of a recently passed person who should be included here, please email obituaries@leicester.ac.uk.
- Donald K Jones, former Lecturer in Education
- Richard Float, former Bursar
- Diana Davey, Catering Assistant
- Ray Fairbend, Honorary Graduate and engineering partner
- Professor Bill Grant, Emeritus Professor in the former Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation
- Professor Edward Derbyshire, former Head of the Department of Geography
- Jamie Brodella, Team Leader Portering and Cleaning Services
- Zilal Bankole, Midwifery student
- Louis James, Nursing student
- Kevin Scott, Porter
- Ruth Pollington, former Senior Cartographer
- Sydney Holloway, former Senior Lecturer in Sociology
- Steve Rippington, Honorary Visiting Fellow in the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
- Dr Wiesam Essa, Professor of Geography
- Dr Ken Jones, former Lecturer in Biological Sciences
- Dr Ken Edwards, University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor, 1987 - 1999
- Professor Andrew Fry, Professor of Cell Biology
- Professor Dennis Smith, former lecturer in Sociology
- Mahendra Chouhan, member of the Space Park Leicester cleaning team
- Professor Peter Harvey, Emeritus Professor of Geomathematics
2023
- His Honour David Brunning, member of Council and Court
- Graham Benskin, former Senior Botanic Gardener
- David Johnson, Honorary Fellow in History and former Dean of Arts
- Emeritus Professor Ron Whittam, former Dean of the Faculty of Science
- Roy O Davies, Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics
- Lucy Ellis, Divisional Operations Administrator and Project Officer in the Library
- George McTurk, former SEM Technician in Geology and the Medical School
- Jim Roberts, former Technician in Museum Studies, Honorary Fellow, School of Museum Studies
- Professor Dame Rosemary Cramp, honorand and supporter
- Renie Lewis, former administrator in Politics
- Lorraine Saddington, former Head of Estates Operations
- Michael Clarke, former EFL tutor in the School of Education
- Emeritus Professor Margaret Mathieson, graduate, benefactor and former Director of the School of Education
- John Ellis Jones, former lecturer in Classics
- Professor Yuri Dubrova, Professor of Genetics
- Dr Robert (Bob) Harris, former lecturer in Zoology
- Michael Baatz, former Registrar
- Dr George Pohl, former Senior Lecturer in Medicine