Obituary : Jane Brotherton Walker (1925-2009)
Obituary : Jane Brotherton Walker (1925-2009)
Obituary : Jane Brotherton Walker (1925-2009)
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mornings and, while Florah and Ivan did the weekly shopping, <strong>Jane</strong> and Dmitry had<br />
the most lively discussions on tick taxonomy and tick taxonomists.<br />
<strong>Jane</strong> lived frugally, but her near boundless generosity to those charities that she<br />
considered as worthy will be sorely missed by them, as it will also be by a rural<br />
family whom she supported.<br />
With <strong>Jane</strong>’s death the scientific world has lost one of its most meticulous and<br />
experienced workers, and the field of tick taxonomy, particularly in Africa, will be<br />
infinitely poorer. Her friends have lost a true Lady and a loyal friend.<br />
<strong>Jane</strong> died peacefully at home in Pretoria on Friday morning 3 April <strong>2009</strong> while having<br />
tea with Ivan Horak.<br />
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