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