Found Deceased Chile - Tom Marsh 60, Uk National, University Professor missing from a research trip, 16 September 2022

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Tom has been formally identified.

Body in Chile formally identified as Warwick University professor Tom Marsh | ITV News

The Professor went missing in September whilst working in the South American country. | ITV News Central

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Body found in Chile identified as university professor Tom Marsh

Thomas Richard Marsh, a 60-year-old astrophysicist at the university, was last seen on September 16 near the remote astronomical observatory La Silla on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert.

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What baffled me was rhe repots of substances found and LE thinking he was still alive close to the recovery date. IMO perhaps what may have happened is Tom fell down and since he couldn't move very far took his shirt off, and other itmes or waste perhaps and he was hidden under rocks or he slipped down more possibly farther downwards. and so wasn't seen by ther searchers. In any event it is sad but at least now his family has closure, however.

 

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I hope it was quick and he wasn't lying there for days suffering

 

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Body formally identified in search for missing Professor Tom Marsh

He went missing in Chile in September

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A Life in Stars

A life in stars: remembering our friend and colleague Tom Marsh

A tribute to Professor Tom Marsh, founding professor of the Astronomy and Astrophysics group at Warwick.

warwick.ac.uk

A couple of highlights:

Astronomy & Astrophysics at Warwick
For its first 38 years, Warwick’s Department of Physics did not have any specific activity in astronomy, but instead brought in guest lecturers to teach the subject. All that changed in 2003, when Tom moved from the University of Southampton to Warwick to start an astronomy research group with one other academic research fellow.

As a Colleague
Above all Tom was interested in / obsessed by Astronomy and Science in general. He was interested in everyone’s research but always remained modest about his own achievements. Tom was someone his colleagues would seek out for his advice.

His enthusiasm, collegiality and knowledge were the glue that spread throughout the Astronomy group that has made it such an energetic place to work and why many of the team were attracted to work at Warwick in the first place. He is and will always be sorely missed.

 

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Obituary in The Guardian. Monday 26th December 2022

Tom Marsh obituary