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Brian Dobson - mcbishop - 07-20-2012 Sad to report that Brian Dobson, one of the great Roman Army and Wall scholars, died yesterday. A nice chap and a great loss. Mike Bishop Re: Brian Dobson - Gaius Julius Caesar - 07-20-2012 Sorry to hear that, Condolences to his family and friends! Re: Brian Dobson - Graham Sumner - 07-20-2012 Very sad news indeed. My condolences to his wife, family and many friends. Following on from the death of Peter Connolly earlier this year the Hadrianic Society have lost another giant of Roman army studies. His incisive comments and personality will be missed at the Roman Army School. Graham. Re: Brian Dobson - PhilusEstilius - 07-20-2012 I am very sad to hear about the loss of a great Hadrian's Wall scholar and the last time I saw Brian was when he gave a welcome speech for H.R.H. the Princess Margarete when she dedicated Hadrian's Wall as a World Monument. Re: Brian Dobson - Vindex - 07-20-2012 Quote: Very sad news indeed. My condolences to his wife, family and many friends Hear, hear. Re: Brian Dobson - Renatus - 07-20-2012 This is indeed very sad news. I first attended Brian's Roman Army courses in 1971 and have been to every one since, as well as to other courses that he ran on Hadrian's Wall and Roman Scotland. We knew that he was ill, of course, when we attended the Hadrianic Society Reunion weekend and Roman Army School this year but I am sure that none of us expected him to die so soon afterwards. He was an inspiration to us all and I was always in awe of him. It was under his auspices that many of us who attended his courses, myself included, were encouraged to pluck up the courage to lecture at them ourselves and I shall always be grateful to him for that. This year's Hadrianic Society Reunion was the 40th and, although we wondered if Brian would be able to make it to the celebratory dinner, there was really no doubt that he would, if he possibly could. He did and gave a characteristically eloquent speech in which he handed over his vitis to the younger generation. Let us hope that those to whom he entrusted it do not drop it. Re: Brian Dobson - Renatus - 07-25-2012 An obituary written by David Breeze can be found on the Hadrianic Society website here: http://www.hadrianicsociety.com/page2.htm Re: Brian Dobson - Renatus - 08-06-2012 Another obituary by David Breeze was published in The Independent on Friday, 3rd August, and can be read here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lives-remembered-brian-dobson-archaeologist-and-noted-authority-on-hadrians-wall-8002039.html Re: Brian Dobson - Robert Vermaat - 08-07-2012 Sorry I missed this. A great scholar indeed. My very first book about Hadrian's Wall was his (and David Breeze's) epic book. Re: Brian Dobson - MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 08-24-2012 Missed it also, sad to hear he has passed away. Was a very nice man, always ready to answer questions no matte how stupid. M.VIB.M. Brian Dobson - ParthianBow - 08-26-2012 May he rest in peace. I too have read his and Breeze's book on Hadrian's Wall many times. Re: Brian Dobson - D B Campbell - 08-26-2012 Quote:I too have read his and Breeze's book on Hadrian's Wall many times.It's a pity that none of the obituaries really mentioned his research into the primipilares, which is fascinating and remains fundamental. (And another obit, from the Northern Echo 4 August.) Brian Dobson - Renatus - 09-07-2012 A further obituary appeared in The Times on Wednesday, 5th September. This does mention his work on the primipilares. Brian Dobson - D B Campbell - 09-07-2012 Quote:A further obituary appeared in The Times on Wednesday, 5th September.Pulled this off the Newsbank server: Quote:Brian Dobson was an ancient historian, epigraphist, archaeologist and an internationally renowned scholar of the Roman army. His death brings to an end one of the best-known and most admired writing partnerships of British archaeology: among his many collaborations with David Breeze was an accessible but scholarly monograph on Hadrian's Wall which remains the standard work on the subject after 36 years. Brian Dobson - Renatus - 09-23-2012 Another obituary appeared today, Saturday 22nd September, in The Daily Telegraph and can be read here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9558984/Brian-Dobson.html |