DIS MANIBUS John Kinloch Anderson (+ 12 Oct 2015)
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:22 pm
http://www.classics.berkeley.edu/about/ ... ct-13-2015
There has been a lot of death and disasters this year. I feel like I should own nothing but black clothing and keep a team of professional mourners on retainer.Christopher Simon, PhD wrote:Professor John Kinloch (“Jock”) Anderson passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 13 at the age of 91.
Jock Anderson was Professor of Classical Archaeology at UC Berkeley where he was a beloved mentor to many generations of students. His remarkable generosity of spirit, humanity, and kindness were unstinting to all who knew him, and he enriched all his friends, colleagues and students with his unique knowledge of English, Scottish and Greek poetry, enormous amounts of which he could recite accurately from his astonishing memory. His deep knowledge of archaeology, history, literature and scholarship was prodigious. He and his wife Esperance provided much nourishment (literal and spiritual) to all those who visited their charming house and garden in the Berkeley Hills near Tilden Park.
Jock was born in the Punjab. He was born late, nearly three weeks after the due date, and his mother’s ayah tried to reassure Jock’s mother by saying “There was once a very wise man who decided not to be born for a hundred years. This will be a very wise child.” ... (see link for full obituary)