John Jeremy Whitehead (FN 45-59).

Gavin Hodgson (91-95) has kindly forwarded an obituary notice he found in a recent copy of The Record, the alumni journal of Corpus Christ College, Cambridge. We thank the Editor of The Record for allowing us to reprint some of their notice.

John was born at Buxton in 1931 and educated at St Bees School, Cumbria before coming to Corpus in 1951 to read the Natural Sciences Tripos. He was subsequently a schoolmaster and taught physics at Monkton Combe School, near Bath. Whilst still in his early fifties and after major heart surgery, he took early retirement. A lifelong bachelor, he devoted much of the rest of his life to mountaineering, climbing and ski touring, in both the UK and abroad. For the last thirty years of his life, he lived in a mobile home at Garstang, conveniently situated for climbing and walking in the Lake District. He was an enthusiastic skier throughout his life and had an extensive knowledge of the French Alps.

 

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