Karen
April 7th, 2007
John has a lovely post on his blog about Karen Spärck Jones, who died on Wednesday.
She was a good friend. We had a couple of arguments – no, not arguments, debates – which we both enjoyed greatly. She was right more often than I was; sometimes I knew this from the start but it was fun playing devil’s advocate with her.
Some loved her, some admired her, some found her infuriating. But whatever your viewpoint, the world is a duller place for her passing. And that’s not a bad epitaph for anybody.
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September 20th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Doing a little research on the great famales in computer science and technology. I found your page. But the picture link is no longer valid… I only see an “x”. Can you repost it please? Thanks.
Donna
September 21st, 2008 at 9:48 am
Hi Donna – I’ve found another copy and fixed the link.
More on this page, by the way:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/misc/obituaries/sparck-jones/