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BENCH DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF BRIAN MERRILEES Family, friends and colleagues of the late Brian Merrilees gathered on September 28 to dedicate a bench in his honour. Merrilees was a Vic fellow and a professor emeritus of French and Medieval Studies who taught from 1964–2004. He was committed to teaching and was considered an outstanding scholar of Old French. His wife Pat and family chose to honour him with the text: Queil boen professseur, mult enseinné, queil boen collegue which, in English, means: Such a good teacher, so learned, such a good colleague. The text reflects Brian’s academic interest in medieval French linguistics and lexicography and his talent for editing Anglo-Norman text. Colleagues from U of T’s Centre for Medieval studies describe him as “a compassionate and generous colleague and teacher who will be deeply missed by those fortunate enough to have known him.” The bench, with its inscription, can be found in front of Middle House overlooking the Vic quadrangle.
Photographs: (Opposite page) Horst Herget; Victoria Alumni Office
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