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Update 14/04/2019: Linda and family would like to send warmest thanks to all the friends, colleagues, and admirers of Willie for the wonderful support we have had since he died. We have had literally hundreds of lovely messages in the form of phone calls, emails, cards, and letters which have been and will continue to be a great comfort. Linda hopes to thank people individually as much as she can in the coming months.
William Montgomerie Lamont (1934-2018) 
Some academic tributes to Willie Lamont sent to Mark Goldie, January 2019
Professor Tim Harris, Brown University:
I’m terribly sorry to hear about the death of William Lamont. I didn’t know him well, though had met him a couple of times and had some impression of what a lovely man and an inspirational teacher he must have been. I know you were close to him. The website looks like a lovely tribute to the man and his career. Very sad – and sorry to hear this.
Professor John Coffey, Leicester University:
I’m very sorry to hear the news about Willie. He was a great help and inspiration to me and it is a pleasure to hear his voice again on the website interviews and to read more about his career in the festschrift. Many thanks for passing this on.
Professor Neil Keeble, Stirling University:
I am very sorry to learn the news of Willie’s death. Our Baxterian paths of course often crossed and, though we saw things rather differently, I found him always generous and wonderfully encouraging. In the early ’80s I organized a Bunyan conference at Stirling and I still remember with great affection the wonderful prospect of Willie’s enthusiastic Highland dancing at the conference ceilidh!
Professor Alexandra Walsham, Cambridge University:
How very sad. Thank you very much for passing on this news.
Dr Kate Peters, Cambridge University:
Thanks for letting me know about this. Very sad, and a lovely man.
Dr Gabriel Glickman, Cambridge University:
Thanks very much for passing this news on. My memory of two meetings with him is that he was as warm and generous as he was distinguished. Very useful to have the link to the bibliography: quite a few important-looking works there with which I was unfamiliar.
Professor Quentin Skinner, Queen Mary London:
I hadn’t heard about Willie Lamont’s death, so I was extremely grateful to you for sending me the very touching website. He must surely have been an important figure to you when you were at Sussex, and although I didn’t know him well myself I always found him enchanting as well as learned company.
Professor Michael Hunter, Birkbeck London:
Thank you so much for passing on this sad news, which I had not otherwise heard. Willie was a lovely man, and it is a lovely tribute.
Dr David Wykes, Dr Williams’s Library London:
Willie did stand out, not only because of his scholarship and contribution to the subject, but because he was such a tremendous person: his generosity of spirit, kindness, and enthusiasm. I was less aware of his enthusiasm for Arsenal Football Club until I went to visit him in his care home, but it was typical.
Dr Brian Young, Oxford University:
I was saddened to hear of the death of Willie Lamont, a splendid and generous Sussex colleague. They don’t make them like that anymore, sadly.
Dr Grant Tapsell, Oxford University:
This is very sad news. The website is an attractive tribute – not least the photo gallery. Your bibliography is also a reminder of just how much, how widely, and how well he published.
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