I meant to do this last year but forgot. So close to today marks the 21st anniversary of the passing of Gwyn Williams, the first linguist to be active online on the old. soc.culture.thai (SCT) usenet group.  Gywn taught at Thammasat. I only spoke directly to him once but we had many e-mail conversations and of course there were the numerous discussions on Thai language on SCT. He was a good-hearted person and it was a shame the world lost him to disease at such a young age. Here is to your spirit Gwyn.

So he passed away in 1996 ?  RIP.