A Life in Stars
A tribute to Professor Tom Marsh, founding professor of the Astronomy and Astrophysics group at Warwick.
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A couple of highlights:
Astronomy & Astrophysics at Warwick
For its first 38 years, Warwick’s Department of Physics did not have any specific activity in astronomy, but instead brought in guest lecturers to teach the subject. All that changed in 2003, when Tom moved from the University of Southampton to Warwick to start an astronomy research group with one other academic research fellow.
As a Colleague
Above all Tom was interested in / obsessed by Astronomy and Science in general. He was interested in everyone’s research but always remained modest about his own achievements. Tom was someone his colleagues would seek out for his advice.
His enthusiasm, collegiality and knowledge were the glue that spread throughout the Astronomy group that has made it such an energetic place to work and why many of the team were attracted to work at Warwick in the first place. He is and will always be sorely missed.
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