There was a well-attended barbecue in the old Botany compound of Swansea University last night to celebrate the 'retirement' of Dr Charles Hipkin. Charles was the last working member of the old Department of Botany and Microbiology and converted himself (when the call came) from a plant biochemist to become a stalwart of botanically-themed field courses in the Swansea area. He has been (and his 'memes' will continue to do the job for him) an inspiration for generations of biological science graduates with real and lasting enthusiasms for the natural world (as well as an understanding of its importance to our ability to monitore change).
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