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Geoff Cubbin

Published on 18/07/2019

GEOFF CUBBIN 1943 - 2019 Geoff passed away at home on 5th July surrounded by his loved ones. A proud Boltonian, Geoff was brought up in Westhoughton and led a rich, fulfilling life combining his work as lecturer at the University of Cambridge with various roles in football, including Secretary of the Eastern Counties Football league. He returned to Bolton to retire and for many years contributed to the BWFC match day programme; he also helped to run both the Bury and Bolton Twinning Associations. His wit and companionship will be greatly missed by friends in Britain and Germany. He will remain forever in the hearts of his wife, Lynne and son, Joe. The funeral service will take place in Walmsley Unitarian Chapel, Egerton on Friday 26th July 2019 at 3.00pm, prior to Interment in the Churchyard. Floral tributes welcome or donations in lieu if desired for Headway. All floral tributes, donations and enquiries to Howarth's Funeral Service, 638 Blackburn Road, Bolton BL1 7AL Tel: 309609 www.1hfs.co.uk

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Helen Birkbeck December 13th, 2022
I had the privilege and pleasure of being taught the history of English and German by Geoff at Cambridge, and his supervisions were some of the most amusing and interesting I had. My interest in etymology and place names has never wavered since. He was a very good friend to me and I shall never forget his producing a bottle of Sekt at our supervision on my 21st birthday. Not sure how much work we got done that day!

Helen Gibbons Birkbeck
David James August 30th, 2022
I had the pleasure of having Dr Cubbin for tutorials at Cambridge and I found them among the most enjoyable, thought-provoking and memorable of the many I had while studying there.

Also worth noting is that Dr Cubbin was a great mentor, and one piece of his advice helped me in a decision that shaped the rest of my life and it was a wise decision. Namely not to look at academia as necessarily more fulfilling nor superior to a career in corporate business. That if I had a secure income I could always pursue interests even at the highest level, whereas academia is often a thankless, underpaid and whatever the opposite of halcyon is, life.

I thank him for his honesty. Once he set me an essay to beat the title "die Wahrheit ist unser werteste Gut". I think he was someone qualified to pronounce on that.