I am sorry to share the news of the passing of Ian Glover, a titan in the field of Southeast Asian archaeology. Lia Genovese shares the following:
Dear All,
In case you have not heard. Some very sad news.
Ian Glover passed away yesterday, on his birthday, while on holiday in Sicily. He collapsed after breakfast in Catania and could not be revived.
Only this afternoon I emailed him to wish him happy birthday again and to tell him about my recent fieldwork in Borneo. I also told him that conferences will never be the same again without him. I was referring to a recent conversation I had with Ian, when he told me that he would not be attending the IPPA in September this year because “he had nothing new to say”.
RIP, Ian, a gentleman and a most generous scholar.
Very sad news. He did a lot of work on caves in SE Asia and I was fortunate enough to co-author a section with him in the Encyclopedia of Caves & Karst Science. He will be missed.
I feel so sorry about the sad news. I’m very happy to find something about the author of the awesome work ORNAMENTS FROM THE PAST BEAD STUDIES AFTER BECK after a whole year’s searching. And I’m shocked that he has gone.