JFLS has lost one of its most distinguished editors and friends. Rarely, in my experience, has the death of an academic caused such grief as the untimely passing, on 24th August last, of David Trotter.

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大卫·安德鲁·特罗特教授 1957–2015

JFLS失去了一位最杰出的编辑和朋友。根据我的经验，很少有学者的去世会像去年 8 月 24 日大卫·特罗特的英年早逝那样引起如此悲痛。