[Leish-l] Leishmaniasis looses one of its icons - Bob Killick-Kendrick

[Patrick Bastien]

Dear all,
It is an extremely sad news indeed for all and in particular for  
myself who have had the luck to be Bob's Research Assistant during 3  
years in the 80's. It was a great pleasure to work with him and his  
group.
Although 'life' did not bring us together when he later retired in the  
Cevennes, I always felt an immense admiration, together with a great  
affection, for this "master" of mine. The depth of his analyses, the  
vivacity of his judgment, the immensity of his parasitological  
culture, never departed him from his sense of humour and his profound  
kindness. His opinions were often clear-cut but always fair. He was a  
passionate man and also one of the wisest.
We lost one of our greatest 'leismaniacs' and this is very sad.
My thoughts go to Mireille, his beloved wife, who shared his passion  
for sandflies and leishmaniases, and acccompanied him during all these  
years.
With grief
P. Bastien

Professeur Patrick Bastien
Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Faculté de Médecine
UMR MIVEGEC (CNRS 5290 - IRD 224 - Université Montpellier 1)
Centre National de Référence des Leishmania
CHU de Montpellier
39 Avenue Charles Flahault
34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

jeffrey shaw <jayusp at hotmail.com> a écrit :

>
>  I have the very sad task to inform everybody that last night   
> (22/10/2011) Bob Killick-Kendrick died. Leishmaniasis has lost one   
> of its icons and the breadth and depth of Bob´s comments on-line and  
>  at meetings based on years of experience is a terrible loss to us   
> all. Bob´s career spanned many areas of parasitology. He worked on   
> trypanosomiasis in Nigeria with David Godfrey and on returning to   
> England dedicated many years to malaria, in particular rodent   
> malaria. He travelled extensively on field projects all over the   
> world and together with Prof Rioux was seminal in understanding the   
> ecology of leishmaniasis in the Southern France where lived.Jeffrey   
> Shaw Leish-L welcomes your comments and anecdotes on Bob´s life so   
> please send them.