Post by sherri on Oct 24, 2017 7:51:20 GMT
Today I attended the memorial service for a rather remarkable man, my daughter in law's grandfather. We met him a few times & he died just after his 93rd birthday. What a life he led though. He was a scientist, inventor, loved music (and was in a band in the 1960-1970s), loved bushwalking and did several long treks through most places in the world including Nepal. He was leading bushwalking tours right up to the age of 89 & still going away on walks into his 90s.
He also got asked to work with cameras to develop a way to take photos of microscopic animals & quite a few of his photos are in textbooks around the world. There was an exhibition of his work just last year.
Here is a photo of his. It's a very rare creature, this was the only one that had ever been seen & it is named after him.
Before he died he was pleased to hear that a second one had been sighted.
Pretty amazing to have something named after you.
If you had a chance, what sort of creature or thing would you like to have named after you?
He also got asked to work with cameras to develop a way to take photos of microscopic animals & quite a few of his photos are in textbooks around the world. There was an exhibition of his work just last year.
Here is a photo of his. It's a very rare creature, this was the only one that had ever been seen & it is named after him.
Before he died he was pleased to hear that a second one had been sighted.
Pretty amazing to have something named after you.
If you had a chance, what sort of creature or thing would you like to have named after you?
