Steve (crazykiwi) just emailed me. The following is from his message.
I just wanted to let you know that one of the Alembic forum members, Dr Nicola Knight, passed away recently from a heart attack while playing sport at the age of 33. Nick was Italian but had spent a substantial amount of time at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbour, completing his Doctorate in Anthropology before relocating to the UK.
He wasn't very active on the Alembic forum as he had a busy work life as a research fellow at Oxford University. However in the 4 years I knew him, he scaled his collection of instruments down from a range of Alembics and Smiths to just one, an Alembic Series II with a Europa shape and burl walnut facings.
He was also a close friend who had a deliciously warped sense of humour and will be greatly missed by his close friends, colleagues and his devoted wife Maria.
Jazzyvee purchased his Europa from Nicola in
this thread.
Nicola posted under two different usernames, knight and r5r5, as he had lost his password at one point and created a new account. He first joined our group in 2003 and last posted in 2008; a long time member.
There is an In Memoriam page
here with a nice picture of Nicola.
While he wasn't one of the regulars who post daily here, Nicola was one of the many who have been with us for many years now, and stop in from time to time, contributing to the growth and evolution of our community.
Thanks for being part of us Nicola.
