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V A L E T E
O B I T U A R I E S
1942-1947. Assistant Lecturer
Mathematics at Royal Holloway
1949-1953. Senior Lecturer at
Royal Naval College Greenwich
1953-1957. Canterbury
University, Christchurch,
New Zealand from 1958-
1988. Member of the New
Zealand Anglican Prayer Book
Commission 1965-1989.
DERBYSHIRE – In 2016,
Nicholas Crawford Derbyshire
(A, 1956-1961), of cancer.
Cheltenham College of
Art 1963-1969 – Dip Arch.
RIBA Architect. Director of
Architecture and Design for
British Rail. Managing Director
Nick Derbyshire Design
Associates. Fellow of the Royal
Society of Arts and Visiting
Professor to Nottingham Trent
University.
FLETCHER – On 5th January
2018, John Stuart Fletcher (G,
1956-1960).
Banking 1960-3. Advertising
1963-70. Publishing 1970-83.
Landscape Gardening from
1983 until retirement. Interests:
all sport, gardening, reading and
good food.
FLOREY – On 13th February
2018, Michael Kyffin Goodwin
(A, 1944-1947).
Michael was born on 26th
May 1930. He was a farmer
from 1954-2012 and Director
of Flockvale Ltd 1974-82 and
Ravendrive Ltd from 1991.
GOBLE – On 5th January 2017,
Paul Rudolph Goble (F, 1947-
1952), aged 83. Brother of E.
Andrea Goble (F, 1945-1948).
The following obituary is
taken from Publishers Weekly:
Caldecott-winning children’s
author-illustrator Paul Goble,
widely known for his picture
books inspired by Native
American culture and lore, died
at his home in Rapid City, S.D.,
after suffering from Parkinson’s
disease.
Goble was born in
Haslemere, Surrey, England
on September 27th, 1933.
During his acceptance speech
for the 1979 Caldecott Medal
forThe Girl Who Loved Wild
Horses(Bradbury), Goble said
his fascination with “all things
Indian” began very early in his
boyhood. His mother would
read Native American tales
to Goble and his brother,
and he would collect pictures
from magazines and books
about the Plains Indians of
North America, a people
who especially captured his
imagination. A copy of Notes on
the North American Indian was
one of Goble’s most treasured
childhood Christmas gifts, and
was the first book in what
became an extensive library of
Native American culture.
Goble attended St Edward’s
School in Oxford, then served
in the British military from
1951 to 1953, where he was
a sharpshooter for the army.
Later, he earned his National
Diploma in Design, with honors,
in 1959 from the Central School
of Arts and Crafts in London.
The summer after he graduated,
he embarked on a tour of
Sioux and Crow reservations
in South Dakota and Montana.
During that trip, Goble became
an adopted member of Yakima
and Sioux tribes and was given
the name Wakinyan Chikala,
translated as Little Thunder.
In 1960 he married author
and industrial designer Dorothy
Lee, and the couple were raising
two children while Goble did
freelance industrial design
and taught at Ravensbourne
College of Art and Design,
and the pair collaborated on
several children’s book titles.
Throughout the 1960s and
early 1970s he would travel
to the U.S. and spend the
summers (often with his son
Richard in tow) with the Sioux
in South Dakota and the Crow
in Montana.
Goble had a prolific work
period from the late 1970s
up until roughly 2003, often
publishing multiple books in
a year. Popular works from
this era include Buffalo Woman
(Bradbury, 1984), Iktomi and
the Boulder: A Plains Indian Story
(Orchard, 1988) and several
additional tales starring the
trickster character Iktomi,
andCrow Chief: A Plains Indian
Story(Orchard, 1992). Over
time, Goble has donated a
large body of his paintings
to the South Dakota Art
Museum, which now owns 500
pieces of original artwork from
his books.
In 1978, Goble married
Janet Filler, whom he had first
met during his trips to South
Dakota when she worked at
her father’s store in Custer.
They had one son, Robert,
who survives his parents and
lives in Rapid City with his
daughter and fiancée. Goble
is also survived by his son
Richard, daughter Julia, and
several grandchildren, all living
in England. Janet Goble died
in 2014.
For the past several years,
Goble has been not the
creator, but the subject, of
a new book—Paul Goble,
Storyteller (South Dakota
Historical Society Press) by
biographer Gregory Bryan, a
children’s literature professor
at the University of Manitoba
in Winnipeg. As Goble’s illness
progressed, Bryan made sure
that the author-illustrator
received a rushed advance copy
of the book last week. Goble’s
son Robert told the Rapid City
Journal’s Tom Griffith, “The last
smile that ever passed Papa’s
face was seeing the first copy of
his biography. He considered it
the jewel in his crown, the thing
that made his career complete.”
A copy of Paul’s book TIPI:
Home of the Nomadic Buffalo
Hunters (2008) can be found in
the School Library.
GOLDSWORTHY – In
February 2017, John Elston
Goldsworthy (A, 1943-47).
Brother of Harold (A, 1945-
1949).
Interests at St Edward’s:
Rugby and rowing. Royal
Engineers 1948-1949.
Magdalene, Cambridge 1949-
1952, BA. NHS Administrator
from 1952. Various hospitals
1960-1983. Chief Executive
King Edward VII Hospital,
Midhurst from 1983.
GREEN – In 2017, John (Jack)
Alfred Green (D, 1932-1937).
Uncle of Jonny (C, 1974-1979).
Royal Armoured Corps
1940-6. Captain. Chartered
Quantity Surveyor FRICS FFB.
Partner, Alex Sayer, London.
Retired 1985. Master OSE
Masonic Lodge 1970 and
Secretary 1978-91.
GURDEN – In 2015, Donald
Oliver Gurden (D, 1945-1949).
Director Oliver & Gurden
Confectioners, Oxford.
HADDLETON – On 25th
August 2017, David Haddleton
(D, 1948-1952).
Account Executive for
Dorland Advertising 1960-
1964. Vancouver 1964. Owner/
Manager Boat Builders until
1988, then Carriage Renovator
and Builder.
HAYDOCK – On 16th March
2018, Edgar Oliver Haydock (F,
1937-1942), aged 94. Edgar’s
son sent us the following words:
Dad always spoke of St
Edward’s with immense
fondness and frequently talked
of his time there in the run up
to WW2. He always followed
developments at the school
with great interest.
Dad joined the Royal Scots
Fusiliers straight from school
at the age of 18 and served
in Delhi from 1942 through
to 1947 - he must have made
quite an impression as he