Cornish, Bill (1937-2022), Life Fellow and President of Magdalene College, Cambridge

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Cornish, Bill (1937-2022), Life Fellow and President of Magdalene College, Cambridge

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        9 August 1937 - 8 January 2022

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        William Rodolph Cornish (Bill) was born on 9 August 1937

        Educated St Peter's College, Adelaide, University of Adelaide, and Wadham College, Oxford
        Assistant Lecturer in Law, London School of Economics, 1962-68
        Reader in Law, Queen Mary College, London, 1969-70
        Professor of English Law, London School of Economics, 1970-90
        Professor of Law (1973), Cambridge, 1990-95
        Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Cambridge, 1995-2004
        Honorary Fellow, London School of Economics, 1997
        Bencher of Gray's Inn, 1998
        Hon LLD, University of Edinburgh, 2004
        University of Adelaide 2018
        Hon Dr. Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, 2018
        Fellow 1990-2004
        Life Fellow, 2004-2022
        President 1998-2001

        Married Lovedy Moule 1964. Two daughters, one son
        Died 8 January 2022, aged 84

        Obituary by Neil Jones College Magazine, No. 66 (2021-22), pp. 13-19

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