[Syrphidae] Re: Chris Thompson

Santos ROJO santos.rojo at ua.es
Mon Feb 8 08:10:24 GMT 2021


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>)
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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