Parick Collinson:Dead.

[Guest]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/01/patrick-collinson-obituary

PATRICK!

[Mr Pee]

Yet another person I've never heard of. But once again, thanks for letting me know.

[Alison]

A vaguely interesting obituary I suppose.

[ahinton]

Yet another person I've never heard of. But once again, thanks for letting me know.

I'd never heard of "Mr Pee" until arriving here (but then said person is still very much with us, fortunately)...

[Richard Tarleton]

Now you come to mention it I dimly remember his book on Elizabethan Puritans coming out while I was "doing" that period for my history degree, but I confess I haven't thought about him since.

I do like your obituary column though, keep it up

[Mandryka]

Now you come to mention it I dimly remember his book on Elizabethan Puritans coming out while I was "doing" that period for my history degree, but I confess I haven't thought about him since.

I do like your obituary column though, keep it up

Thanks, Richard. I had no personal contact with Collinson, but I've known a few of his ex-students over the years. By all accounts, he made a strong (and always favourable) impression on those he taught, which didn't always translate to his writings, which I can recall finding somewhat dry.

I do wish the Guardian had chosen a different picture for that obit: it looks like he's just been scalded, though I suppose it could be a birthmark.

Also - can someone with 'powers' correct Dr. Collinson's name in the thread title, please? Thanks.

[3rd Viennese School]

Oh, he's a historian.

Quote from the extract. " A word limit was introduced for lesser folk.."

People who didn't finish their 11 plus? Peasants? The great unlearned?

It's all very grammer school.

3VS