We are sorry to announce the death of Professor R.B Clark on the 28th September at home in Newcastle UK where he was Head of Zoology for many years. He arrived from Bristol in the mid 1960's where he had been working on swimming movements in nereidids and conducted ground breaking work on the endocrine control of polychaete reproduction and regeneration and the links between them. Peter and I were among his PhD students and subsequent colleagues. Bob as he was known presented a stern façade and was always formally dressed but beneath that exterior was a warm and friendly person who was very interested in all aspects of polychaete biology. He was the founding editor of Marine Pollution Bulletin.
A fuller obituary will be included in the forthcoming proceedings of the 11th International Polychaete Conference.
Peter Olive and Pat Hutchings
Dr Pat Hutchings
Senior Principal Research Scientist
Research Branch Marine invertebrates
Chair of the Organising Committee of the 11th International Polychaete Conference, August 2013-being held at the Australian Museum (www.ipc2013.com.au)
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