Obituary: Gérard Morel 1925-2011

Umberto Veronesi 1925–2016: obituary

Correspondence to Dr Alberto Costa; [email protected] Umberto Veronesi passed away on 8 November, after an entire life dedicated to the fight against cancer, to surgery, to advocacy and to research. He died in peace, fading away with his unique and unforgettable smile, at home in Milan, the city where he was born almost 91 years ago. His death marks the end of an era. Umberto was the first t...

Obituary: Phillip Vallentine Tobias (1925-2012).

Phillip V. Tobias died on June 7, 2012 in Johannesburg at Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre, at the age of 86. Phillip Tobias was born in Durban, Natal, Republic of South Africa, on October 14, 1925, the only son and second child of Joseph Newman Tobias (who was born in Portsmouth, England) and Fanny Rosendorff (who was born in Edenburg, Orange Free State). He learned to read by the ...

Obituary: Dr. Eugene Garfield (1925-2017)

Pan African Medical Journal. 2017; 26:160 doi:10.11604/pamj.2017.26.160.12124 This article is available online at: http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/26/160/full/ © Allan Mwesiga et al. The Pan African Medical Journal ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2...

Obituary: Rafael Pont-Lezica (1940–2011)

Rafael Pont-Lezica, Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology Emeritus Professor at the Université de Toulouse, passed away on September 26, 2011 after losing his fight with cancer. He had studied agronomy at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, in Argentina, and in 1978 earned a Ph. D. at the Université de Gembloux, Belgium. Rafael began his scientific career as a Research Assistant in Pl...

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