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The Rector of the University of Murcia today showed sympathy for the death of the geologist and doctor honoris causa by the institution John B.
Thornes.
Thornes, who was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Murcia in January 2006, died at his residence in the UK, where he lived.
The rector of the University, José Antonio Cobacho, sent a telegram to the widow of Thornes, which expresses the sentiment of the institution as "irreparable loss to science and our university."
This geologist Professor of Geography at the University of London was sponsored in the investiture ceremony where he received his doctorate from the University of Murcia by Professor of Physical Geography Francisco López Bermúdez.
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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