As one of Bryan Clarke's undergraduates in Edinburgh in the 1960s, I remember his cheerful generosity of spirit. Classes and undergraduate field courses with Bryan were both inspirational and fun. In an age where students used mechanical adding machines, he inspired with the value of statistics and analysis of evidence. He encouraged extracurricular research and happily offered his own Land Rover as transport for fieldwork. He enabled publication of undergraduate research and acknowledged his co-authors in an age when this was unusual.
There was much more to Bryan than his fascination with the population genetics of snails but I rejoice that my every sighting of the common brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) brings back a memory of his enthusiasm.
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