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Obituary: Professor Keith Ruddock
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Keith Ruddock was an outstanding scientist who all his adult
life was committed to teaching and research at Imperial College,
London.
He was born into a South Wales mining village; its culture and
the influences of his family were never to leave him. His family's
love of music and concern for the social causes of the Welsh
valleys led to his abiding love of opera and to his passionate
commitment to socialism.
His family had great ambitions for him and at West Monmouth
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