23.452, All: Obituary: Patrick Griffiths

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Subject: 23.452, All: Obituary: Patrick Griffiths

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Date: 27-Jan-2012
From: Karin Tusting [k.tusting at lancaster.ac.uk]
Subject: Obituary: Patrick Griffiths


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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:47:13
From: Karin Tusting [k.tusting at lancaster.ac.uk]
Subject: Obituary: Patrick Griffiths

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I am very sorry to tell you of the death, on 20th January, of Patrick 
Griffiths, who formerly taught at the Universities of York, York St John, 
the South Pacific (Suva) and Beppu. Patrick was author, co-author 
and/or editor of a number of textbooks including The Child Language 
Reader and Language in Use. On the website of the latter he has 
summarised his professional life story:

http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/languageinuse/griffiths.asp

His funeral will be on 6th February at 1pm at York Crematorium, 
Bishopthorpe Rd  York. Donations in lieu of flowers to 
Refugee Action York ( http://refugeeactionyork.org/ ) or to Janet 
Griffiths via Co-operative Funeralcare, Cromwell Road, York YO1 6DU, 
England, Telephone +44 1904 643 936.

Posted on behalf of Mark Sebba (M.Sebba at lancaster.ac.uk) 


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