Professor Richard Atkinson CBE was the author of the first all-embracing textbook of fieldwork and excavation ever to be published in England, Field Archaeology (1946), and in the 1950s the author of what was for many years the comprehensive overview of ‘Henge Monuments’. When I first met him at Cheddar in 1962, he was introduced … Read more
The architect Sir Michael Hopkins, who has died aged 88, occupied a special place in a much abused profession. The best known Hopkins buildings – the Mound stand at Lord’s cricket ground, Glyndebourne opera house, Westminster underground station, the 2012 Olympic velodrome – command not only respect but positive affection. Hopkins gave modern architecture a human face. … Read more
On 15 May 2023, Dr Dominic Luckett, issued the following notice: ‘I have just been told the very sad news that Peter Lapping, who served as Headmaster of Sherborne from 1988 until his retirement in 2000, died this morning after a short illness. Those who knew Peter will remember him as an immensely wise, capable … Read more
Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith FSA, OstJ. (1909-1996) Each morning Simon Nowell-Smith’s first order of business was scanning the daily newspaper obituaries. He would explain that he was checking to be sure he hadn’t died without knowing it. That such a confusion might arise is not surprising, for if he had any views on the next world … Read more
Hamo Sassoon (1920-2004) was a modest, private, though far from diffident professional, who made his mark in East African archaeology. He was one of the few scholars to have worked in all three east African countries as well as West Africa. His modesty concealed the very major contributions he made to African archaeology in every … Read more
John Richard Seale (1927-2020) was a man of Devon and was born in Exeter in 1927. He attend Sherborne School (Abbeylands 42-45) and then read medicine at St John’s College, Cambridge. He was a keen sportsman and was captain of the University cross country running team. He completed his medical training at St Thomas’ hospital. … Read more
David Chamberlain was born in 1936 and educated at Sherborne School (Westcott House), where he was Captain of Hockey and a prize winning swimmer and a talented musician. In 1954 he joined the family firm leather and shoe business W.W. Chamberlain Ltd. as a 17 .5 year-old management trainee earning £4 10s a week. He … Read more
COLONEL A.P. HODGES, MC, TD, FRGS (1894-1977) Alexander Phelps Hodges (The Green 1910-12) entered RMA Woolwich on leaving Sherborne and served thereafter with the Royal Field Artillery. At the end of the 1914-18 War, during which he served with distinction, being awarded the MC, he joined the British Military Mission to Siberia and was involved … Read more
Born 4 January 1935 to Brigadier Robert Fowler Walker and Hope Dorothy Walker (nee Irving) in Woking, Surrey, England, Garret passed away unexpectedly en route to Wisconsin from his home in Cincinnati, OH. As a child, Garret (aka Garry or “G”) lived with his mother and sisters in Egypt and Africa during the onset of … Read more
Rugby player and coach who helped steer the England team to a grand slam in the 1980 Five Nations tournament. The following obituary by Rob Kitson (Lyon 82) was published in the Guardian, 22 May 2022. Mike Davis, who has died aged 80, will always be associated with one of English Rugby union’s most celebrated … Read more