Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 11:05am
I am an email friend of Duncan from the UK, we also coauthored an electronics book for McGraw-Hill, the American publisher. I have been worrying about not being able to contact Duncan and was very sad but not surprised to come across this thread. Thank you for taking the time to post.
Although I never met Duncan in person, we have spoken on the phone a few times and exchanged hundreds of emails. Duncan's emails were often very funny, and he recounted his experiences as an ex-pat wonderfully. He was very bright and as well as being a very capable electronic engineer and hobbyist he was also a keen amateur historian both of his adopted home in Spain and his English village of Oatlands. He also did technical editing for several international publishers. Duncan had many Internet friends around the world and helped students and newcomers to electronics in Latin America.
Did anyone manage to make contact with his daughters? I know he was estranged from his family in the UK, but his estate is entitled royalties from his book and it would be good to pass on their details to McGraw-Hill. I also know he was good friends with a neighbouring family in his village and if anyone has an email address for them, I'd also like to contact them.
Simon Monk (Preston, UK)