I met John in October 1979 on my first day at Silwood and over 40+ years have many lovely memories of a kind and caring man with an excellent if very dry sense of humour. In the late 80s we worked together on a pest management project in Sri Lanka and it was great to see John in the field and witness his clear insights into pest control and agronomy in general. At the end of one trip my wife joined me for a holiday we had tacked on and we toured with John and another colleague for the first five days. The airline had lost my wife's luggage and John (a better fit than me) kindly provided her with clothes. It was great fun travelling with John and substantial quantities of the local booze were consumed. After a long gap it's been nice to work with John again in recent years on the Target Malaria project. John will be much missed by a huge range of Imperial colleagues spanning the spectrum from theoretical to applied ecologist, and he will have left an indelible imprint on many generations of students. Very best wishes to Megan and the family.
I met John in October 1979 on my first day at Silwood and over 40+ years have many lovely memories of a kind and caring man with an excellent if very dry sense of humour. In the late 80s we worked together on a pest management project in Sri Lanka and it was great to see John in the field and witness his clear insights into pest control and agronomy in general. At the end of one trip my wife joined me for a holiday we had tacked on and we toured with John and another colleague for the first five days. The airline had lost my wife's luggage and John (a better fit than me) kindly provided her with clothes. It was great fun travelling with John and substantial quantities of the local booze were consumed. After a long gap it's been nice to work with John again in recent years on the Target Malaria project. John will be much missed by a huge range of Imperial colleagues spanning the spectrum from theoretical to applied ecologist, and he will have left an indelible imprint on many generations of students. Very best wishes to Megan and the family.
