Comments on: Charles Lockwood In Memoriam

By: Fire Kovarovic

Fire Kovarovic — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:35:14 +0000

Announcement: Special symposium in honour of Charlie Lockwood’s contributions to palaeoanthropology

The Paleoanthropology Society has kindly agreed to host a special symposium in honour of Charlie Lockwood’s contributions to palaeoanthropology. It will take place at the annual meeting in Chicago at 2:45pm Tuesday, 31 March 2009. There will be an informal gathering for drinks later that night (venue to be announced during the meeting) to continue the celebration of his life and work. The session is organised by friends of Charlie’s at University College London, Arizona State University, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, California Institute of Technology and Stony Brook University. We hope you can join us at this special session!
Fire Kovarovic, co-organiser

By: The bone of the matter « Annasbones’s Blog

The bone of the matter « Annasbones’s Blog — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:50:54 +0000

[...] for the after life in a complex, ritualistic process that remains perplexing to this day. When Dr Charles Lockwood (an amazing paleoanthropology professor that I knew very little) was killed, he was [...]

By: Amit Atrey

Amit Atrey — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:50:56 +0000

I had nothing to do with Charlie or anthropology. I’m an orthopaedic surgeon – but in 2005, I came asking Charlie for some advice on a project I was doing. I was expecting him to give some helping words and point me in the right direction. Instead, he devoted an awful lot of time effort and even lent me expensive equipment to finish my Masters. He had no personal gain in doing this. He’s quite a guy.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:05:34 +0000

Charlie & I went to see Brian Patten read some of his poetry in London. We were both struck by his poem “So Many Different Lengths of Time”. Here’s just a part of it:

So, how long does a man live, finally?
And how much does he live while he lives?
We fret, and ask so many questions –
then when it comes to us
the answer is so simple.

A man lives for as long as we carry him inside us,
for as long as we carry the harvest of his dreams,
for as long as we ourselves live,
holding memories in common, a man lives.

I miss him

By: Gretchen Walters

Gretchen Walters — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:58:19 +0000

I came to know Charlie at UCL a few years ago. We had both been previously at ASU, but had never intersected there. We both worked in Africa. I remember once getting together to go to a Ceilidh dance in Camden, which for us Americans, was more like a barn dance or contra. I swung around the room on Charlie’s arm–we were laughing hysterically. Riding the bus home that night, he was very worried that I didn’t make it safely when I got off in my dodgy neighbourhood in East London. He contacted me the next day to make sure that I was alright.
Throughout my time at UCL, I would look him up for the final cup of coffee or drink before going out to the field. We last shared a coffee in February, before going to a talk on Namibian conservation.
In reading all of the postings, I am overwhelmed by the love his friends, family, and colleagues had for him. I say goodbye to Charlie. My thoughts are with him in this far corner of Gabon, Central Africa.

By: Kaberi Kar Gupta

Kaberi Kar Gupta — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:09:27 +0000

I met Charlie at ASU when I was a grad student studying non human primates. I remember having conversations with him on human evolution and evolution of primates. It is unbelievable that an erudite person like Charlie had to leave the earth so soon.

By: James

James — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:35:16 +0000

Charlie was always a comfortable person to engage in conversation. I met him while he was at ASU and was he was always on the level with any opinion or discussion. I am very sorry to learn that he has left us.

By: Jamie Wood

Jamie Wood — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:33:23 +0000

I obviously came to know of this incident via the UCL website as I am starting a postgraduate course there this September in Medical Anthropology. I am not a palaeoanthropologist but it would seem from the tributes that Dr. Lockwood had a deep influence on his students and colleagues. I was reminded on Dr. Lockwood even on my flight out of the UK recently where one of his students was sat next to me. Condolences to his family and friends.

By: Caitlin Schrein

Caitlin Schrein — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:03:44 +0000

Please visit charleslockwood.shutterfly.com to view and post photos and journal entries about Charlie. (password = ethiopia)

By: Deborah Cunningham

Deborah Cunningham — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:32:39 +0000

I just heard the devastating news and am still reeling. Charlie was an inspiration professionally, and a really fun guy to hang out with personally. I will miss him on both levels. My heart breaks for his family. It is a tragedy when a parent outlives a child, and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I wish I could take all the pain away for you, Lockwood family. The world was a better place thanks to Charlie’s brief time in it, and I feel honored to have known him.