I join in all these eulogies, there is definitely the same common sentiment. I think it would be very fitting if an existing large Dutch public sundial, or a new one, be named after him. Regards, Alexei
On 13 April 2015 at 10:55, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear everyone, > I am so sorry to hear of Fer's passing. The > dear man was very helpful to me in the past when I was acquiring the > essential skills of a diallist and on several occasions thereafter The > World is a poorer place without him. > > Best Wishes, > > Tony Moss > > > ----Original Message---- > From: [email protected] > Date: 07/04/2015 20:27 > To: "Sundial Mailing List"<[email protected]> > Subj: Fer de Vries passed away > > Dear all, > > I deeply regret to inform you that Fer de Vries, honorary member of the > Dutch Sundial Society, passed away on April 1, at the age of 78. The > funeral service was held today privately. He suffered from a stroke two > years ago, from which he only partially recovered. > > He was a pivotal member of our society, which he joined right after its > birth in 1978. He served as treasurer for 9 years and as secretary for > another 19 years. In the meantime, he contributed some 200 articles to > our Bulletin. > > Many of you have known him, or at least his work, among which were > important contributions to the science of gnomonics. His software > ZW2000, which he freely made available to the international sundialling > community, was used by many. He cooperated with many sundialists abroad. > He won the first Sawyer Dialing Prize in 2000. > > We lose a generous, devoted, enthousiastic and productive person and > diallist. > > If you would like to contact his family directly, the address for > correspondence is: > Stationsweg 136 > 5611 BZ Eindhoven > The Netherlands > > On behalf of the Dutch Sundial Society, > Frans Maes, secretary > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > >
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