Eric W Classey, J.P., F.R.E.S.     ::     1916 - 2008

 

Well, where do we start!  There is just so much to hear and learn about Eric's life but click on the list below to read other peoples' memories.

Read about Eric's Burren Green moth adventure described in The Independent obiturary.

Thank you to all the people who wanted to add their memories to this website.  If you would like to include your thoughts here, please click here to email us or post to : Sally Noseda, 2 Queens Square, Colyton, Devon, EX24 6JX.

 

Click here to find out all about the Memorial Service held on 30th May 2009

 

 

1 A.J. Gay I first established contact with Eric ...
2 Rachel Tanner I've been thinking for months, sifting...
3 Gerry Haggett Eric and I were looking for Purple ...
4 Reuben Singleton I first met Eric when I was perhaps 8 ...
5 Gerry Haggett There are occasions in life when a ...
6 Gerry Haggett A great character, benefactor ...
7 David Magill I first met Eric when we both served ...
8 Dick, Fay & Charles Hornabrook Until his illness, my father was always ...
9 Dick, Fay & Charles Hornabrook We remember how youthful Eric  ...
10 Gerry Haggett I well remember a very enjoyable field ...
11 Adrian Pont I knew Eric for about 50 years, starting ...
12 The Gardner family Eric was a lovely man to have known ...
13 Henry Barlow Eric was a charming and ...
14 Julian & Kathy Donahue Eric was a fun and fascinating man ...
15 Mary E McDonald He was such a wonderful person ...
16 Terry Dillon I had know Eric for nearly 50 years ...
17 Yvonne Phillips One Easter when I was about five ...
18 Leo Thompson Once Eric came to visit us in ...
19 Roger Hobby Eric was a very old friend of my ...
20 Ron Hodges I interacted with Eric on and off for ...
21 Gordon Parker Sadly, I never met Eric and indeed ...
22 Eva Henderson I had 17 happy years working for ...
23 The Independent Obituary
24 The Telegraph Obituary
25 Entomologist's Record Obituary
26 Entomologist's Gazette Obituary