Memories of

Richard Croucher

Richard Croucher passed away on December 16th 2022. He will be greatly missed. Please share your memories of him with us.

Book Owner: Mark Houssart
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Greg Bamber

Vale Richard. My thoughts are with Jenny, his family and many friends. Thanks Richard for all of your varied contributions, which endure. Thanks also to the authors of the sympathetic and detailed tribute for the Society for the Study of Labour History. Although we’d long been acquainted, we got to know each other better …

Richard Hyman

I was very sorry to learn of Richard’s death. He was younger than me, so too young. We were both at Warwick, and members of IS, in the early 1970s, and like most members of the Coventry branch he refused to be dragooned into supporting the lurch to creating the SWP. He was a …

Linda and Niko

The short time we have known Richard has been enough to have us appreciate what a gentle man he was, with an endless curiosity and great sense of humour. Richard was an intellectual powerhouse who was passionate about people, places and society and always ready for an exciting conversation whenever we met in the …

Lilian Miles

Richard, my Colleague, Mentor, Friend. A Mighty Oak; strength, wisdom, a refuge. A thousand memories of our friendship, and what you have taught me over the years, will sustain me and guide me. Love to Jen, Mark and family.  …

Alexander Madsen Sandvik

I had the pleasure of having Richard as my mentor at NHH. He was always interested in me and my work – and we had so much fun together. We talked about research, travel, life, and research. One memory is from this last spring when Richard visited NHH, and we discussed a new project …

Hanna Danilovich

I’ve known Richard since 2007 when I joined Middlesex as a PhD student. He was a great mentor, a brilliant researcher and simply a marvelous person. I will miss him greatly and cherish memories of him. My deepest condolences to his family. …

Chris Baker

I first met you when we worked for the WEA. You brought insight and a fierce intellect to all that you did. Behind the tenacity there was always a smile and a glint in your eyes. We shared an  interest in the now defunct discipline of Industrial Relations. When others were quitting the terrain …

Ella Lloyd-Jones (nee Newland)

Richard was a big part of my childhood. Holiday to France with him and Sarah in 1982, weekends when he would go out for a run, pass our house and stop for a cuppa and a chat that often lasted hours, advice and guidance during my A Level Sociology studies, ramblers event when he …

Phil James

My history with Richard is very much an academic one. It really began following Richard’s appointment as a professor at Middlesex University. I had of course been aware of, and impressed by, his publications prior to this. Yet, as I was to discover, the breadth and depth of Richard’s learnedness and intellectual powers were …

Salah Al Aisari

Uncle, my deepest condolences to you, Nanny and your brother’s family on his passing. I pray for his soul to rest in peace and he will always be remembered. We tried our best to get Lorna there but the flights were all full. I am so sorry for your loss, let me know if …