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Patrons of the Society

Susan Yates,  Norma Leach,   George Beccoloni

	Susan Yates                                                    A short biography will appear here.
	Norma Leach                                   Norma is a a keen local and family historian and a long standing society member. She joined the committee in 2000. She now hosts our committee meetings and writes the minutes. She was an honarary editor of our web site and subsequently joined the web sub-committee. She is in charge of the book stall at our meetings and stores the books (as well as the gazebo). She is a regular at events such as Horndon Feast and Fayre and the Orset Show. In recognition of her contributions to the society over many years, she was unanimously chosen as a patron in 2022.
	Dr George W. Beccaloni ARCS, DIC, FLS                                       George is an entomologist, evolutionary biologist, taxonomist, museum curator and science historian, who worked at London’s Natural History Museum as a research entomologist and curator (specialising in cockroaches and butterflies) for 20 years. He has studied the life and work of Alfred Russel Wallace (the co-discover of evolution by natural selection) for 18 years and is the founder and Director of the Wallace Correspondence Project. In recognition of his work in publicising Grays resident, Alfred Russel Wallace, he was unanimously chosen as a patron in 2022.

Over the years we have lost a number of individuals who have made a major contribution to the society and local history in Thurrock. Here are the obituaries for:

Derek Austin , Professor Geoffrey T Martin, Christopher Harrold, Jonathan Catton, Randal Bingley, Brian Burton, John H Boyes, Margaret Jones, Sherwin Chase and Dr Mike Catton