Taxacom: Vale Stephen Thorpe

[John Grehan]

This is truly shocking news. Stephen always made incisive, and often
detailed, observations about a range of issues, and always interesting to
read. I for one will certainly miss his participation and feel greatly for
his family and friends. Thank you Geoff for notifying everyone of this
great loss.

John

On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 7:45 PM Geoff Read via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
wrote:

> Dear all,
> It is with great sadness that today I inform you that Stephen Thorpe has
> died (a homicide) in Auckland, New Zealand.Stephen was a unique person who
> greatly enriched Taxacom with his lively contributions, depth of knowledge,
> and tenacious advance of strong opinions.He was also incredibly dedicated
> to entomology and to working on online platforms like Wikipedia and
> iNaturalist.
> We know because he told us so that he was bordering on autistic, and we
> have seen over the years how this affected his success in his professional
> working life.He kept doing the work he loved nevertheless. The news story
> paints a picture of his daily life in recent times.
> We will much miss Stephen's contributions to our list.  Goodbye Stephen.
> You were always good value to argue with.
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> Geoff Read
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> Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
> gread at actrix.gen.nz
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