Ruth Coralhouse
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General
- Died 9 May, in her Ascendancy Point flat, at the age of 108
- Husband is renowned reality researcher Horatio Flynn
- Other family: son, October Flynn, and his three children, Julius, Camilla, and Marcus
- Former Academy Senior Fellow of the Social Sciences department
- Pioneered early work on Earth anthropology based on some of the earliest comprehensive Earth communications
- Retired from that position in 250
- With husand, developed the first compelling model of convergent development, now widely called CF Theory
- The pair were jointly awarded the Ikonnikov Prize for their work in 234 and again in 239
- Heiress to a considerable fortune left to her by her father, Antony Coralhouse
- Left a clause in her will for a PCL45 million bequest jointly to the Academy and the Centre for Reality Research
- The will specified that the money must be used to develop a method for transporting physical matter between Perplex City and Earth, with the aim that her ashes be transported to Greece and scattered over the Mediterranean Ocean on Earth
- Her will also specified that her ashes should be kept in a replica Grecian urn in a Greek-style temple on the Great Lawn
- Her Dying bequest has been denied by the academy; That is, they won't accept the PCL45 million grant, because they don't want to be pushed into working on something they wouldnt otherwise do.
- The academy is willing, however, to send her ashes to Earth, should such a thing become possible in the future.
- Until that time, her ashes are being kept in an elaborate urn on the Academy grounds.
References
- Perplex City Sentinel
- article, 11-MAY-05 "Coralhouse Dies at 108" (link)
- article, 17-MAY-05 "Coralhouse Bequest Shocks Academy" (link)
- article, 28-JUN-05 "Coralhouse Denied" (link)
- Quirky Acuity, Violet Kiteway's Blog