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Cornish, Bill (1937-2022), Life Fellow and President of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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Dates of existence
9 August 1937 - 8 January 2022
History
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