I'm going to post the first pages of the Obituary here (mods - if this needs to be deleted for copyright I apologise). On the following page 72 on the link there are two memoirs about Eric. I've not copied those here.
Source:
April 2013 Volume 51 No 2 - British Society of Scientific Glassblowers Journal
https://docplayer.net/124001347-British-society-of-scientific-glassblowers.htmlQuote from Source linked above:-
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'Eric was born in London in 1925 and died at home on Monday 21 January 2013.Eric White – A celebration of his life:In 1939 Eric went to The National Glass Industry where he was trained by the German glassblowers A.M.Kahl and W.G.Gerlach.1947 saw him working at Baird and Tatlock a laboratory supply house in their glass workshop as a glass blower.Thenin1954Ericwentto work at Imperial College in London in their glass workshop.
In1962Eric moved to Battersea College, which later became Surrey University where he set up their glass blowing laboratory, and moved to Guildford in Surrey.Eric started working at Isleworth Polytechnic College in 1965 as a lecturer in glass blowing. It was here that he started the glass department which taught Scientific Glass Blowing linked to the Isleworth Syllabus, the Glass Manufacture and Processing to the City and Guilds Syllabus and also the BSSG Examinations. After several years a Glass Art Department was formed by Eric where he taught etching, sand blasting, stained glass and the use of bench burners in making animals and bottles.
He also made various pieces of glass ware for the television science history programmes and taught John Noaks to work glass which was shown on the BBC children's television programme, “Blue Peter,” filmed at Isleworth Polytechnic.Eric was one of the founding members of the BSSG, Chairman of the Society and was on the Council for many years representing the Southern Section of the BSSG.
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When Eric retired from teaching he started his own business making perfume bottles which were sold in Harrods and other specialist shops all over Great Britian. Some of Eric's work was for special commissions which went all over the world. He had a small shop within a shop near Hampton Court where his bottles where sold. Eric went to various large stores and craft fairs to sell his bottles and also to demonstrate his glass working.In 1973 some of Eric's work was displayed in an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and in 1977 some of his work was displayed in an exhibition at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York. The Victoria and Albert Museum bought several of Eric's perfume bottles for the museum's collection in 1980.In 1981 several of the perfume bottles were included in an important British Design Exhibition touring overseas, sponsored by the British Government.When Eric finally retired he was living near Hampton Court by the River Thames and enjoyed walking his dogs along the river bank and meeting other dog walkers and chatting to them.'
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