It’s somewhat unusual for a Physics & Astronomy department to have an annual art exhibition, but this is our seventh year, and we have a wonderful mix of styles and media on show, from within the department, and across the University. Tim Richardson was a great supporter of this initiative, and regularly displayed his own … More 7th Physics & Astronomy Art Show, 2013
Tim’s Memorial Service The family would like to thank all those who attended the memorial service for Tim, especially Catherine Annabel and the speakers, for all their hard work in arranging such a wonderful tribute to Tim. The music was heartbreakingly beautiful and we thank the talented performers for their contribution. Tim would be very … More A message from Tim’s family
How can you summarise the life of Tim Richardson in such a short allocated time? This is particularly difficult to achieve for someone like Tim who led life to the full and did so many things and meant so much too so many people. I can but try to pay tribute to his many achievements. … More Departmental Tribute from Professor David Mowbray
A tribute to Tim from his research collaborators, collated by Dr Alan Dunbar (Chemical & Biological Engineering) and Dr Martin Grell (Physics & Astronomy) TimMemorial-1
When I was asked to speak on behalf of the many students that Tim has taught, I wasn’t sure what I would say. Not because I didn’t have anything to say, but because there is so much I want to say. In the 11 years that I have been at Sheffield Tim has always been … More Student Tribute from Dr Matt Mears
What would you do if you were told that you had cancer? I’ll be honest: I’m not sure that one of the first things that I would do would be to ask myself how I could use my predicament to help others. But that’s exactly what Tim did. That was typical of Tim – a … More Tribute from Dr Lee Thompson, with extracts from Tim’s diary, For When I’m Sleeping
Tributes to Tim In the past few weeks we’ve received a huge number of tributes to Tim. These convey not just the huge sense of loss that we as a community, and as individuals, feel at Tim’s passing, but also the great joy he brought us and the gratitude we feel for being fortunate enough … More Professor John Cockburn presents tributes to Tim
Tim meant so much to so many people. The service that took place today, 24 April 2013, was an attempt to reflect some of the facets of his life, and his personality, through reflections on Tim the teacher, Tim the scientist, Tim the colleague, Tim the friend. We remembered him in the words of students … More Memorial Service, 24 April 2013
Dr Tim Richardson was appointed as a lecturer in 1991 and retired due to ill health as a reader in 2012. Over the last twenty years he has made a sustained and highly significant contribution to the Department’s teaching in three main areas. For the last ~10 years Tim has been head of year 1 … More Nomination for a Senate Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching – ‘sustained excellence’ category Dr Tim Richardson
MIKE WEIR (former PhD student) It was very, very sad to learn of Tim’s death. He’d been an inspiration to a lot of people and to me, a thoroughly, exceptionally nice bloke and the truest of gentlemen. GARY MIZLER (former undergraduate) As an ex student of Tim’s I can honestly say I have never met … More Tim Richardson – your tributes
Inspiration for Life 