[Syrphidae] Re: Chris Thompson

[Bergh, Chris]

Yes, for sure. Chris was very helpful to one of my former students and me while we were working on Heringia calcarata. We were so lucky to have him within about an hour of where I work.

Chris Bergh

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Subject: [Syrphidae] Re: Chris Thompson

Yes, very sorry to hear that. Very influential person in our syrphidology community and with an incredible contribution of knowledge..., he will surely be remembered for a long time.
Bad news in these uncertain times :-(

Santos Rojo
University of Alicante, Spain

El vie, 5 feb 2021 a las 21:00, Jeff Skevington (<jhskevington at gmail.com<mailto:jhskevington at gmail.com>>) escribió:
Hello everyone,

I bring terribly sad news today. Chris Thompson passed away yesterday after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. I will share the obituary once I have it. I am guessing Chris would love donations in his name be made to the Williston fund (https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/entomology/opportunities/williston-diptera-research-fund), but let's see what the obituary says when it is available.

Stay safe everyone!

Jeff

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