Obituary - Professor Glyn O. Phillips

Prof. Glyn Humphreys' Obituary

Almost all of his students were older than him! Through intellect and hard work, he made rapid academic progress, and was appointed as Professor of Psychology in 1988. While at Birkbeck, he was appointed the Ronald Tress Prize for advancements in his field, the first of many such awards. During his time in Birkbeck an equally important step in his life was made by meeting his wife Jane. Both of...

Obituary: Professor Parvaneh Vossough

Obituary: Professor Howard Elcock*

Howard Elcock has passed away, aged 75, while at his holiday retreat in Tolo, Greece, in early summer 2017. He was Professor Emeritus of Government at Northumbria University, UK. He was educated at the Priory School for Boys, Shrewsbury and The Queen’s College Oxford, gaining a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1964 and a B Phil (now M Phil) in Politics in 1966. He took his MA in 1968...

Obituary: Professor Michael Argyle

Michael Argyle, who died aged 77 on September 6th, was one of the handful of British psychologists to have gained an international reputation. He was a pioneer in the scientific study of social behaviour. His research on interviews and conversations established that nonverbal rather than verbal communication dictate the impressions people make on others. So much is the primacy of ‘‘body languag...

Obituary: Professor Roger Nordmann.

Professor Roger Nordmann, founder of the pioneering European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ESBRA), passed away on Friday, 24 January 2014. His tireless dedication to the organization calls for a testimony to a remarkable profile of achievement, devotion and action. Born on 24 May 1926 and raised in the city of Strasbourg, he attended high school at the Lycée Fustel de Coulanges...