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

[Hannah Akuffo]

I have known of  Bob Killick-Kendrick for many years but could not say I knew him, but I had the pleasure to have a deep and intensive week with one to one discussion with Bob during the revision of the WHO Leishmaniais “Blue book” last year, and I was inspired by his passion for the work and his continued enthusiasm to help and be supportive. A true Leishmaniac who will be missed.

I certainly will remember him
Hannah AKuffo

From: leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br [mailto:leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br] On Behalf Of Alicia Ponte Sucre
Sent: den 24 oktober 2011 08:35
To: jeffrey shaw
Cc: Leish-L
Subject: Re: [Leish-l] Leishmaniasis looses one of its icons - Bob Killick-Kendrick

Thank you Jeffrey.

Certainly, one of the icons left us, Bob Killick-Kendrick . However, he has been so fundamental in the history of us all that work in the field of leishmaniais thatI we all will remember him for many years.

 And man lives if people remember him!

Alicia Ponte-Sucre




On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 9:24 PM, jeffrey shaw <jayusp at hotmail.com<mailto:jayusp at hotmail.com>> wrote:

 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



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