I'm feeling slightly awed...

[annwfyn]

My father just forwarded an e mail to me, with some tributes that the family have received since Grandad's death.

I'm feeling rather amazed by some of them:

It is finally too late for our intention to meet him once. We always love Brewer spectrophotometer as it is a very intelligent and valuable instrument. Dr. Alan Brewer will be in our memory although we never met him and his work will be with us for last long.

That's from the Thai Meteorological Department.

Then there's this one:

I feel very sad to get the news.

Every people who works associated with the atmospheric ozone layer observation will never
forget his important contributions.

That's from the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences.

Then there's another:

I was shocked to learn about Dr.Alan Brewer's death and was deeply saddened by the
news. Please accept my heartfelt condolences. May the departed soul rest in peace.
His scientific achievements will be remembered always.

That was from India, and another from Tribuvan University in Nepal read:

The Ozone study group of Nepal has been deeply shocked to hear the sad news of sudden demise of Prof. Alan Brewer.

We pray to GOD for the ETERNAL PEACE of the departed soul and offer HEARTFELT CONDOLENCE to you and the family members at this sad moment. Every morning we will be remembering him when we stand near Brewer spectrophotometer. Our contribution to manage a clean environment within the Brewer data would be the everlasting remembrance to Prof Brewer.

I'm feeling slightly in awe, and a little bit tearful reading these...

Comments

[becky-spence.livejournal.com]

they're amazing, and lovely to read. I'm very impressed at your grandad!

*hugs*

[sea-cucumber.livejournal.com]

Those messages are so lovely, especially the one from Nepal where they say "Every morning we will be remembering him when we stand near Brewer spectrophotometer."

He clearly contributed a lot to his field!

[twisted-times.livejournal.com]

Clearly a man to which the phrase "a lasting legacy" should be applied. :)

[taimatsu]

That's so amazing :)

[molez.livejournal.com]

One of the things I've wanted to have said when I am gone is, "he left the world a better place than he found it."

I think it's pretty clear that you grandfather did some really great things, which have made the world a better place for having had him in it.

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's pretty special. As he contributed to Ozone research, then he most likely helped save thousands of lives. You should feel very proud of him.

[eladriell.livejournal.com]

Weirdly i've come across his work to, although in a minor way with the climate researche we had to do at college.

i think i recall him in person too...

I owe him a lot, without him you wouldnt have been here...

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

*nods*

You did meet him in person, several times I think. He was very cool.

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

I do feel the need to add a disclaimer that he was never much of an environmentalist, and I think cared more about being right than Changing the World. He was, however, one of the first to point out the dangers of the atomic bomb, pointing out that radioactive waste could get into the stratosphere and spread across the world.

That was probably quite constructive.

[melsner.livejournal.com]

Ozone is a gas, right?

When my father dies, he'll be remembered for gas, too.