Latin Dedication

Some readers have asked about the Latin dedication that appears at the beginning of all my Fletcher books. This is it:-

In fond memory of
David Burkhill Howarth
----------- DBH ------------
1946 - 2009
PATRIFAMILIAS AMATISSIMO
MAGISTRO DOCTISSIMO
INGENIOSISSIMO TECHNITAE
OPTIMO AMICO

The dedication is to my very great friend, David Burkhill Howarth, who sadly lost a valiant fight against cancer, in 2009.

In the 1990s I worked with him in the Television Dept of ICI Pharmaceuticals (Yes, a Pharma company had a TV dept). We made science documentaries and delivered live TV broadcasts world wide. He was formidably adept as a TV engineer, director and organiser, but above all he was a friend, father and grandfather. The Latin means:

BELOVED HEAD OF FAMILY
MOST LEARNED TEACHER
MOST GIFTED TECHNICAL EXPERT
BEST FRIEND.


That was him: DBH