Memorial Service at University of Chichester

Interior of Chapel of Ascension, Bishop Otter Campus, University of Chichester, before the memorial.
Andrew Teverson giving a tribute to Bill Gray at the University of Chichester, standing in front of “The Creation” tapestry by Jean Lurçat.

A memorial service for Professor Bill Gray was held at the Chapel of the Ascension, Bishop Otter Campus, University of Chichester on 25th May 2019. This included tributes from:

  • Clive Behagg, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chichester [full text];
  • Andrew Teverson, Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University;
  • Ruth Mantin, former Senior Lecturer in Theology and Education at the University of Chichester [full text];
  • Miles Leeson, Lecturer in English and Director of the Iris Murdoch Centre, University of Chichester [full text].

The full order of service can be found here.

A bench has been dedicated to his memory underneath a giant sequoia in Cloisters Garden at the University of Chichester, with the inscription:

Professor William Bill Gray
(1952-2019)
Who showed us other worlds
And other ways of seeing the one we have