Emeritus Professor Malcolm Bloor

Colleagues will be sorry to learn of the death, on Friday 27 August 2021, of Emeritus Professor Malcolm Bloor, former Professor of Mathematical Engineering.

His career at Leeds began in 1964 as an assistant lecturer in the department of Applied Mathematical Studies. Following promotions to lecturer, senior lecturer and reader, he obtained his Chair in 1993.  He served as head of the Department of Applied Mathematics (1993-1996), and was Chair of the School of Mathematics (1999-2001).  

He retired in 2006, at which time he became an Emeritus Professor.

A funeral service will take place in Elgin, Scotland, at 3pm on Monday 6 September 2021, on which day the flag on the Parkinson Building will be flown at half-mast in his memory.

Read Professor Bloor’s obituary

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