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Former Dundee University lecturer Alwyn Scarth, 80

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A former Dundee University lecturer has died after battling an illness for more than a year.

Alwyn Scarth taught geography at St Andrews University, Queen’s College, now Dundee University.

Originally from Morley, near Leeds, he was born on September 4 1936.

He attended Batley Grammar School from 1947-55 and then Cambridge University, where he got his doctorate in 1962.

After retiring in 1993 he concentrat­ed on publishing his own works, which included Volcanoes, Savage Earth, Vulcan’s Fury, La Catastroph­e and Vesuvius: A Biography.

He also co-authored Volcanoes of Europe (2001), a second edition of which has recently been published.

Apart from producing his own works, Dr Scarth contribute­d many papers, reviewed many articles and journals and also translated works from French into English, including the Geology of France and the Geology of the Continenta­l Margins.

In Dundee, he was very keen on playing squash and often did so with students who became lifelong friends.

Dr Scarth formed a deep love of France during his student years and continued to travel there on a regular basis, as well as paying annual visits to Venice and his favourite Greek island.

Notwithsta­nding his extensive travels, he always made time to return to his home in Broughty Ferry, to refresh his extensive network of friends and former colleagues, who appreciate­d his sparkling personalit­y, wit and sense of humour, and to his extended family in Morley, with whom he was very close.

Dr Scarth finally returned permanentl­y to Morley in January 2016 when illness overtook him. He died peacefully on April 25. He is survived by his siblings, Barrie, Marie, Kevin and Margaret, and his nephews and nieces.

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Dr Alwyn Scarth.

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