For any who may wish to know more (with Lis-maps subscribers copied in,
too):-
According to the announcement in 'The Independent' of yesterday (Wednesday 1
January 2003) the funeral service will take place at All Saints Church,
Stanton, Suffolk on Tuesday 7th January at 14.45, followed by cremation: "No
flowers by request, donations if desired to Marie Curie Cancer Care, c/o
A.E. Thurlow & Son, 1 High Street, Ixworth, Suffolk IP31 2HH."
Francis
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From: tony campbell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 31 December 2002 16:24
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MapHist] Death of Arthur David Baynes-Cope
Kirsten
I had had no idea he was ill - a result, I suppose, of my being rather out
of the loop these days - what with rarely darkening the BLML door.
To pass on, peacefully, at his Suffolk home would, I imagine, have been
exactly as he would have liked it.
We shall, truly, never see his like again. I'd forgotten the square globe -
I hope his obituarists will pick it up.
Happier thoughts for 2003!
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul S. Seaver" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [MapHist] Death of Arthur David Baynes-Cope
> Thank you to Tony for announcing this sad news to the list in such a
> graceful manner. In addition to the qualities mentioned, both the
> good and the quirky, I want to stress what a loyal, patient friend
> B-C was to those who were willing to receive what he had to give. He
> also had a nice sense of humor! To her dying day, Helen Wallis
> treasured the square globe which B-C had made her.
>
> Kirsten A. Seaver
>
> > [posted to MapHist and lismaps]
> >
> >I have just heard the sad news that Arthur David Baynes Cope died last
> >Friday (27 December), peacefully at his Suffolk home after a long
illness.
> >
> >Invariably known as BC, he had been a conservation officer at the British
> >Museum. He worked on a number of early maps and globes, always in close
> >consultation with his British Library colleague and friend, Helen Wallis.
> >He held strong and firm views about the Vinland Map, which he had
examined
> >when it was at the British Museum. A number of you will have heard the
> >lively talks he gave on that and other subjects.
> >
> >BC was delightfully idiosyncratic and will be much missed by his many
> >friends and former colleagues. He was a mine of information about
> >everything you could possibly want (or not want) to know, with a
> >delightfully subtle sense of humour. The British Library Map Library
still
> >(I think) treasures his model for the storage of rolled maps that looked
to
> >have been closely modelled on a Fench Revolutionary tumbril.
> >
> >Tony Campbell
> >[log in to unmask]
> >
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