The obituary of former staff member, Professor Mike Thorndyke, who died earlier this year, was published recently in the Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK.
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Photograph of Mike Thorndyke in 2008, taken by Sam Dupont. This recreates a photograph of Salvador Dali (with a starfish) taken in 1958 by Xavier Miserachs.
Mike was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Zoology at Bedford College in 1974. In 1985, Mike moved to Royal Holloway's Egham campus following the merger of Bedford College with Royal Holloway College.