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

[Aida Bouratbine]

It is sad news.  Bob touched our live, as he did with so many leishmaniacs. We admired his vast scientific knowledge and great expertise.  We appreciated his encouragement, advice and his agreeable and warmth presence. We lost a dear friend and mentor of the highest order.

Our thoughts are with Mireille.


Aïda Bouratbine & Karim Aoun
Institut Pasteur de Tunis


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.
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