Ken often had many Ph.D. students at the same time with their different projects
and could handle them well.
Ken formed many friendships with world-renowned scientists, for instance,
Chuck Hussey recalls, “Earlier in our careers we travelled a lot together to meetings, etc. I was visiting him at Sussex, we decided to go together by train to EuChem
at the DTU in Lyngby. Things were going well until we got to Copenhagen. ‘You
stay on the train, Chuck, with our 8 bags and I’ll go see it if I can get us a ticket to
Lyngby.’ A smiling worker came up and unhooked my car from the train which went
on to Lyngby with Ken on board, and I sat there trying to figure out what to do.
Fortunately, most of the Danes speak English…”
When Ken was very ill, he was in a hospital getting treatment, and he was
chatting to doctors and nurses. One male nurse, who was helping Ken with his
treatment, and with whom Ken shared various conversations, was very impressed
with Ken’s knowledge and coined Ken as “a man with encyclopaedia in his head”.
Ken passed away on the 21 January 2018. Ken left a very big hole in many
people’s hearts, and his last wish was for his ashes to be shot into space; hence, we
played “Rocket Man” by Elton John at his funeral.
Dedication to Prof. Kenneth “Ken” Richard Seddon
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and could handle them well.
Ken formed many friendships with world-renowned scientists, for instance,
Chuck Hussey recalls, “Earlier in our careers we travelled a lot together to meetings, etc. I was visiting him at Sussex, we decided to go together by train to EuChem
at the DTU in Lyngby. Things were going well until we got to Copenhagen. ‘You
stay on the train, Chuck, with our 8 bags and I’ll go see it if I can get us a ticket to
Lyngby.’ A smiling worker came up and unhooked my car from the train which went
on to Lyngby with Ken on board, and I sat there trying to figure out what to do.
Fortunately, most of the Danes speak English…”
When Ken was very ill, he was in a hospital getting treatment, and he was
chatting to doctors and nurses. One male nurse, who was helping Ken with his
treatment, and with whom Ken shared various conversations, was very impressed
with Ken’s knowledge and coined Ken as “a man with encyclopaedia in his head”.
Ken passed away on the 21 January 2018. Ken left a very big hole in many
people’s hearts, and his last wish was for his ashes to be shot into space; hence, we
played “Rocket Man” by Elton John at his funeral.
Dedication to Prof. Kenneth “Ken” Richard Seddon
xv