Bob Marshall

Bob Marshall, who was for 25 years manager of the University Bookshop, died on Friday 15 October. The onset of Parkinson's disease sadly led to his early retirement in 1993.Bob learned Russian during National Service and read modern languages at Oxford. Always a man of the Left, he worked for Collett's in London before setting up university-owned bookshops in Nigeria. At Falmer he developed a small outfit into the flourishing bookshop we have today. He was greatly respected in the book trade, especially for his witty academic column in the Bookseller.Bob was a very private man. Those few who knew him well relished his dry humour and profited from his wide knowledge of books, films, politics, jazz and travel. His life in Lewes centred on his family, and our sympathy goes out to his wife June, herself a radical, and to Sally, Adam and Daniel.The funeral will be at the North Chapel of Woodvale Crematorium at 3pm on Tuesday 26 October.