John
B. Reade, born: July 4, 1938, died: October 11, 2022, Age: 84 -
Manchester, England
John
B. Reade, born: July 4, 1938, died: October 11, 2022, Age: 84 -
Manchester, England
Obituary for John B. Reade of 123 Andover Avenue, Middleton,
Manchester M24 1JQ England, United Kingdom | July 4, 1938 ~ October 11, 2022.
I looked online but didn't
fine his obituary: however, I did find these
links: profile John Reade
and from this we see John was a PhD Mathematics Professor and an accomplished
pianist who played and composed jazz and ragtime.
original rags by John Reade
Debra McManus’s Facebook post Tuesday, 10/11/2022 via a post from on the "English Draughts’ Facebook" site (with a lot of comments underneath & probably read before they are lost):
Debra McManus
Sad News
I’ve just been informed that John Reade of Manchester has died today, aged 84.
I interacted with John and he was very nice and a gentleman and will be missed.
RIP John.
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and a fine sense of humor. we went to a historical house/museum near Manchester with Sue and John. there was a piano, he asked if he could play it, docent says sure, John plays a masterful Beale
St Blues (I think) to a very happy audience.
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Richard White he gave me a signed copy of complex number book...it was a great
read.
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Richard White
William Docherty
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Richard White,
fortunately it's a branch of math(s) that I studied. I'd be lost if John had
worked in topology.
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Carlo Bordini,
RIP John, a gentleman, a checkers lover, a very Great person. We will miss you!
❤️
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William Docherty,
RIP John, fine guy, excellent Ragtime pianist, prolific writer on the 'complex
number' X squared = -1 of which he kindly offered me a copy, and of course a
great promoter and player of our game.
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Frank Moran,
William Docherty Sorry I never knew of his interest in square root of - 1 during
all the years I knew him.
Its used a lot in electrical engineering theory.
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Michael Shabshai, RIP John Reade.
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Dennis Pawlek,
Rest in Piece John. Deepest condolences to him and his family.
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Pal Bucker, I knew he has not been well for some time, but it is still very sad to learn this. Condolences to his wife and family.
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Robert Newell, When John was in better health I enjoyed corresponding with him ... a real gentleman and a tireless promoter of the game. Rest in peace and thank you for
everything you did for all of us.
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Alexander Moiseyev, Great man and great loss. I will always remember him as good friend, promoter, WCDF Secretary and … yes!! - Main Referee of my historic 3-moves World Title
Match with Ron King in Cookstown, Northern Ireland 2003. My deep condolences to friends, relatives, and anyone who knew him.
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Victor Habgood, Prayers for his family and friends. May we all meet again one day in heaven to play each other in the ultimate tournament!
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Garrett Owens, RIP John Reade
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Xolisani Pram, RIP john
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Iqbal Ahmed Salarzai, RIP John Reade
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Dafydd Williams, Very sad news. Will be sorely missed.
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Ron Taylor, Ron and Vera Taylor, Very sorry to hear the sad news. John will be sadly missed by his many friends.
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Hazeain Harding-King, Sincere condolences to his family and friends as well as the Checkers community. Cherish the fond memories and his invaluable contribution to checkers. May he
rest in peace! From the Executive of The Barbados Checkers & Draughts Federation.
John B. Reade was a Life ACF member, long-time WCDF secretary, and also the Lancashire Newsletter editor. I looked for his recent obituary on UK obituaries but did not find anything, I will try later: however, here is a brief biography of John Reade copied off his website:
John Reade's great hobby interest is playing and composing
ragtime piano.
Born in Wolverhampton in the British Midlands in July 1938, he attended
Wolverhampton Grammar School from 1948-56. As a boy he was taught classical
piano and took the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music piano exams up
to Grade 8, which is the highest usually taken. He topped these studies with a
LRAM diploma in 1956, playing works from the classical piano repertoire.
National Service in the British Armed Forces was still compulsory in the 1950s
and John was called up to join the Royal Signals Regiment. While based at
Catterick Barracks in north Yorkshire from 1956-8 he played piano in a band
calling itself The Kemmelaires. They played for troop entertainments in the
NAAFI (the social club).
John's other great interest has been mathematics. (Music and mathematics often
go together.) He was fortunate to merit a place as an undergraduate at Trinity
College, University of Cambridge from 1958 to 1961, gaining a first class degree
in mathematics. He stayed on at Cambridge to study for a Doctorate in
mathematics which he gained in 1965 for a thesis on functional analysis. But
throughout his time at Cambridge John played rag and jazz piano, being a member
of the Vieux Carré Jazz Band, the Savoy Jazzmen, and the Idle Hour Jazz Band. In
this time his repertoire of jazz and ragtime pieces amounted to about 50, all of
which he played from memory.
John proved so competent at mathematics that he decided upon a career as a
professional mathematician. His first post was as a Lecturer in Mathematics at
the University of Birmingham in 1965, which was a time of great expansion in
higher education in the UK. While at Birmingham John played jazz piano with the
Zenith Hot Stompers. In 1967 he was invited by Prof. Frank Adams FRS to join the
expanding mathematics faculty at the University of Manchester, where he remained
as a researcher and teacher until his recent retirement, in 2005.
Throughout his career in mathematics John has maintained a lively, active
interest in playing ragtime and jazz. He has been the regular pianist in the
Harlem Hot Stompers since 1969. This band still plays regularly in the North
West of England and further afield, and can be booked to play at events such as
dances, parties, weddings, retirements and other celebrations. John also
composes rags in the traditional style; click left on 'Downloads' to hear a
selection of these.