Eulogy for the Awesome Professor Seymour Laxon It was with great sadness that I learnt of the recent death of my friend and colleague, Seymour Laxon. I've worked at University College London (UCL) since 2000 and I met Seymour soon after joining. We have a mutual friend in ex-British Antarctic Survey scientist Dave Mantripp. Now, part of the problem of working at a place like UCL is that you begin to think that exceptional is the norm. People like Seymour change the world; they effect that change in a quiet, determined way. They are the key scientific figures of their time. Look at the list of Seymour’s accomplishments, the work that he and Duncan Wingham and their group have done: it is breath-taking. Moreover, it is breath-takingly important – Seymour was working at the very heart of issues that will affect everyone on the planet. Just read that back again: everyone on the planet. None of that went to Seymour’s head – he was one of the most professional, dedicated scient