What can I say? Richard was a warm highly intelligent father who knew so much about any subject you care to mention. He had a great warmth and humanity about him and always had a twinkle in his eye and a real love for Jude , Alice and Emily. His intellect staggered me but he was kind enough never to think of people as lesser than him and his humour was a pleasure to behold. He took on his illness with a quiet stoicism and was typically understated . I can't begin to imagine the gap he has left but he enriched my life and made me think very differently about things.

I saw Richard for the last time in November 2007 and this time he educated me on the economics of Cornwall and the failures of the Health Service! As always he showed great knowledge and a quest to pass his learnings on and talked in his usual laconic dry humour way so that the true suffering he was facing was forgotten as we delved into a history and economics lesson. It was typical of Richard that we didn't focus on his personal circumstance but on something he felt was far more important.

A caring humanitarian, intellectual, and above all a great husband and father.


Tym Moore
March 30th 2008