Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge
Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge
104 OBITUARIES Sciences. Between 1926 and 1934 he was an engineer with the Patent Agents in Paris. From 1947 to 1973 Thomas was a Director at the British Rubber Company (later Uniroyal) in Edinburgh. He was later a Director and subsequently Chairman of the Rubber Regenerating Company in Manchester. In 1971 and 1972 Thomas served as Chairman of the Oxford and Cambridge University Club. He was married twice, firstly to Mary Gilroy and then to Margaret Smyly.Thomas died on 15 March 1999. FRANCIS PAUL CLIFT (1928) worked for Arthur Guinness, Son & Co Ltd for over 40 years in various capacities, finally as a Company Director. Born on 5 September 1909 in London, Francis attended Tonbridge School before coming up to King’s to read Natural Sciences. He graduated in 1931 with a First, started to work at Guinness in 1933, and in June 1937 he married Phyllis Clarke. The couple had three children, Barbara, Hugh and Charles. From 1966 until his retirement in 1975, Francis was Managing Director of Guinness Overseas, a subsidiary company set up to establish brewing and marketing facilities abroad. He died on 28 March 1997. DAVID GRAHAM COCKBURN (1953), son of R D C (1924), was born in St Helens, Isle of Wight, on 20 August 1933. After Eton, David served with the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in the Fleet Air Arm. At King’s he read Geography and Archaeology and Anthropology. In 1956 he joined the Society of British Aircraft Constructors as an export officer before becoming a Manager at Vickers. After a spell at Robinson Frere & Co Ltd he moved on to become a Director at RHP International. In 1979 he joined Redland until 1984, when he became Managing Director of Getaway Travel and Getaway Holidays. David married Joy Bazett in 1957. He died on 25 March 1999.
WILLIAM MORRIS COLLES (1933) was born in Gizah, Egypt, on 22 January 1914. He was educated at Epsom College and came up to King’s to read Mechanical Sciences.While at King’s he rowed for the second boat and was a member of the Wireless Society. William initially became an apprentice at English Electric, but with the outbreak of war he joined the Royal Navy Scientific Service. In 1947 he became a development engineer with Vickers Armstrong and then moved on to BAe at Weybridge as an aerospace engineer. Finally he worked as a test engineer for Marconi Space and Defence Systems. He was made a Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1953. William died on 9 March 2002. After his death, his sister gave to the College archives a collection of letters William wrote to his family, describing his life as an undergraduate at King’s. THOMAS NEVILLE SHUCKBURGH COPEMAN (1935) was born on 16 April 1916 in St Albans and was educated at Sherborne. He read Natural Sciences at King’s and then took a Diploma in Agriculture. Initially he stayed in Cambridge, working as a field assistant at the University School of Agriculture, before moving on to become Technical Officer for the Bedfordshire War Agricultural Executive Committee in 1944, a body which oversaw the wartime implementation of agricultural policy in Bedfordshire, particularly the increase in cultivated land and food production. In August 1944 he married Jessie Ellis. From 1946 Thomas worked as a nutrition chemist at the National Agricultural Advisory Service, based at Wye, Kent. He died on 9 March 1998. GEORGE UVEDALE SPENCER CORBETT (1950), son of G H U C (1898) and nephew of W J C (1885), fondly called “Spen” or “Gus” by his friends, was born in the summer of 1913 and lived his childhood in Steyning, Sussex. The second son of a local GP, Spencer had an elder brother, Jack and a younger sister, April. After a distinguished career as a scholar of ancient architecture, G U S Corbett died peacefully on 3 January 2004, of pneumonia, which set on as a complication of Parkinson’s. Spencer’s wife Audrey survives him. 105 OBITUARIES
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WILLIAM MORRIS COLLES (1933) was born in Gizah, Egypt, on 22 January<br />
1914. He was educated at Epsom <strong>College</strong> and came up to King’s to read<br />
Mechanical Sciences.While at King’s he rowed for the second boat and was a<br />
member <strong>of</strong> the Wireless Society.<br />
William initially became an apprentice at English Electric, but with the<br />
outbreak <strong>of</strong> war he joined the Royal Navy Scientific Service. In 1947 he<br />
became a development engineer with Vickers Armstrong and then moved on<br />
to BAe at Weybridge as an aerospace engineer. Finally he worked as a test<br />
engineer for Marconi Space and Defence Systems. He was made a Member <strong>of</strong><br />
the Institute <strong>of</strong> Electrical Engineers in 1953. William died on 9 March 2002.<br />
After his death, his sister gave to the <strong>College</strong> archives a collection <strong>of</strong> letters<br />
William wrote to his family, describing his life as an undergraduate at King’s.<br />
THOMAS NEVILLE SHUCKBURGH COPEMAN (1935) was born on 16<br />
April 1916 in St Albans and was educated at Sherborne. He read Natural<br />
Sciences at King’s and then took a Diploma in Agriculture. Initially he stayed<br />
in <strong>Cambridge</strong>, working as a field assistant at the <strong>University</strong> School <strong>of</strong><br />
Agriculture, before moving on to become Technical Officer for the<br />
Bedfordshire War Agricultural Executive Committee in 1944, a body which<br />
oversaw the wartime implementation <strong>of</strong> agricultural policy in Bedfordshire,<br />
particularly the increase in cultivated land and food production. In August<br />
1944 he married Jessie Ellis. From 1946 Thomas worked as a nutrition<br />
chemist at the National Agricultural Advisory Service, based at Wye, Kent.<br />
He died on 9 March 1998.<br />
GEORGE UVEDALE SPENCER CORBETT (1950), son <strong>of</strong> G H U C (1898)<br />
and nephew <strong>of</strong> W J C (1885), fondly called “Spen” or “Gus” by his friends,<br />
was born in the summer <strong>of</strong> 1913 and lived his childhood in Steyning, Sussex.<br />
The second son <strong>of</strong> a local GP, Spencer had an elder brother, Jack and a younger<br />
sister, April. After a distinguished career as a scholar <strong>of</strong> ancient architecture,<br />
G U S Corbett died peacefully on 3 January 2004, <strong>of</strong> pneumonia, which set<br />
on as a complication <strong>of</strong> Parkinson’s. Spencer’s wife Audrey survives him.<br />
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