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Burr Recently, Roland Sydney Burr, MRPharmS, of Springfield, Newlands
Drive, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 8PR. Mr Burr registered in 1940.
Culpan On 4 September, Roger Culpan, MRPharmS, of 11 Stonehaven Drive, Cinnamon
Brow, Fearnhead, Warrington WA2 0SR. Mr Culpan registered in 1966.
Edwards On 27 September, Alfred John Edwards, FRPharmS, of 38 Fordington Road,
Highgate, London N6 4TJ. Mr Edwards registered in 1937. With his wife Brenda,
Mr Edwards bought a community pharmacy in Islington, London, in 1947. He served
on the Camden and Islington Local Pharmaceutical Committee as vice-chairman and
chairman from 1974–82. He was chairman and vice-chairman, for two years
respectively, of the North Metropolitan branch of the Pharmaceutical Society
and was its social secretary for 15 years. He was elected chairman of the London
Group Pharmaceutical Executive for two years in 1987. He was also an active member
of the International Pharmaceutical Federation.
Fielden On 15 September, Hubert Fielden, MRPharmS, of 12 Greenfields Avenue,
Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 3BW. Mr Fielden registered in 1940.
Fillis Recently, Yvonne Eleanor Fillis, MRPharmS, of 99 Gipsy Lane, Headington,
Oxford OX3 7PU. Miss Fillis registered in 1947.
Osborne On 19 June, Margaret Patricia Osborne, née Green, of The Manor
House, North Walsham Wood, North Walsham, Norfolk NR28 0LU. Mrs Osborne registered
in 1945 and retired from the register in 2002 (see Tribute).
Pryde On 15 September, George Bremner Pryde, of Roseland, 5 Vicarage Close, Budock
Water, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 5DB. Mr Pryde registered in 1936 and retired from
the register in 2003.
Richford On 21 September, Victor Ernest Richford, MRPharmS, of Linden Lea, Boiler
Works Road, North Roskear, Camborne, Cornwall TR14 0AP. Mr Richford registered
in 1937.
Russell On 13 October, Allan Denver Russell, FRPharmS, of 8 St Anthony Road,
Heath, Cardiff CF4 4DH. Professor Russell registered in 1958. He graduated from
the University of Wales in 1957. After obtaining a doctorate in pharmaceutical
microbiology from Nottingham University, working under Dr W. B. Hugo, he returned
to Cardiff School of Pharmacy as an assistant lecturer. Successive promotions
brought the award of personal chair in pharmaceutical microbiology in 1991. Professor
Russell was awarded a DSc of the University of Wales in 1975 and was made a fellow
of the Royal College of Pathologists in 1982. In 1999 he was elected a fellow
of the American Academy of Microbiology. Professor Russell retired from his full-time
post in the school of pharmacy in 2001, but remained a part-time research professor
in the school (see Tribute, below).
Stantiford On 16 September, William Richard Edwin Stantiford, MRPharmS, of Strathyre,
30 Hastings Road, Strouden Park, Bournemouth BH8 0HP. Mr Stantiford registered
in 1949.
Toplis On 26 September, William Herbert Toplis, MRPharmS, of 31 Greenfields,
Nettleham, Lincoln LN2 2RY. Mr Toplis registered in 1933.
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Tribute
Osborne In a tribute to the late Margaret Patricia
Osborne, née
Green (see Column 3), SHIRLEY ELLIS writes:
It was with great sadness
that I heard of the death of a former colleague, Margaret Osborne,
on 19 June after a long illness. I got to know her well when she was
district
pharmacist at Great Yarmouth and I was honoured to continue our friendship
after her retirement and subsequent marriage, although we had lost
touch in the past year.
She was proud of being a pharmacist and her professionalism, linked
to a real concern for both patients and staff, helped to raise the
pharmaceutical standards
in all the hospitals in which she worked.
Russell In a tribute to the late Allan
Denver Russell (see Column 3),
Stephen Denyer, head of school, Welsh School of Pharmacy, writes:
I am
writing on behalf of the Welsh School of Pharmacy to express our great
sadness at the loss of Denver Russell, FRPharmS. Denver devoted almost
his entire career to the school, being responsible over a 40-year period
for the development of teaching and research in pharmaceutical microbiology.
During this time, some 45 of his research students obtained PhDs, he
produced over 450 publications on microbial inactivation, and was author
or editor of 16 books including the standard undergraduate text ‘Pharmaceutical
microbiology’ with W .B. Hugo.
Denver was a leading world authority on biocide usage and its possible
association with antibiotic resistance. His expertise was recognised
in appointments to
national and international advisory committees, membership of editorial boards,
and external examining roles. His Fellowship of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
in 1981 was awarded for distinction in the science of pharmacy and his published
achievements resulted in Fellowships of the Royal College of Pathologists in
1982 and of the American Academy of Microbiology in 1999. This latter was a
rare accolade for a UK scientist.
Denver was extremely hardworking and dedicated to his subject, maintaining
a research position at the school long after his official retirement. He was
always delighted to pass on his enthusiasm to others and was inspirational
to his junior microbiology colleagues.
Denver was a great ambassador for pharmaceutical microbiology and good science.
He will be greatly missed by his friends and colleagues not just in the Welsh
School of Pharmacy but also worldwide. We extend our deepest sympathies to
his wife Margaret, son David and family.
Paul Spencer, professor emeritus of pharmacy and pharmacology, Welsh School
of Pharmacy, Cardiff, writes: My wife Avril and I would like to offer our sincerest
sympathies to Margaret Russell and her family following the untimely death
last week of Denver Russell after a short illness.
Denver was a steadfast and supportive colleague throughout my years at the
Welsh School of Pharmacy. He was already an established microbiologist when
I arrived in Cardiff in 1971, and I watched him with considerable admiration
as he continued to establish his international reputation, the university promoting
him successively through to reader and a personal chair for his outstanding
achievements. The Welsh School’s resources were severely pinched during
the 1980s, not least in microbiology, but Denver (and his close colleague Jim
Furr) battled to maintain and develop their research platform and yet provide
teaching for a considerable student load.
It is quite clear that Denver was a research scientist of considerable international
stature, as his several hundred publications, reviews and textbooks testify.
He was also a superb teacher, with the Hugo and Russell textbook running into
many editions spread over a 30-year period — a standard text in every
UK school of pharmacy and many overseas.
International lectures and everyday undergraduate lectures were prepared equally
meticulously and delivered with great skill and enthusiasm — Denver always
featured at the top in any student assessment of favourite teachers.
Denver was always direct and transparent with his colleagues. He thought deeply
about school developments before he supported them, or otherwise — the
very best of senior staff to work with. He made a considerable contribution
to everything the Welsh school has come to be known for and it is sad but perhaps
fitting that he died while still active in microbiology, notwithstanding his
formal retirement some two years ago.
I have lost a former colleague I also considered a friend and confidant, quite
irreplaceable. Academic pharmacy is much the poorer today.
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