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Paul McDonnell-Staff - Praefectusclassis - 03-26-2020
Longtime contributor to RAT and Ancient Warfare magazine Paul McDonnell-Staff passed away on March 12. I wrote a short obituary on my blog at AW: https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/awblog/dis-manibus-paul-mcdonnell-staff/
RE: Paul McDonnell-Staff - Nathan Ross - 03-26-2020
That's sad to hear.
I've known of Paul McDonnell-Staff since I first read Warry's Warfare in the Classical World in my teens, which was my first introduction to ancient military history.
RE: Paul McDonnell-Staff - Robert Vermaat - 03-26-2020
Having locked horns with him many times I always admired the vasy amount of knowledge he was able to bring into a discussion. And even if those discussions could go awry - Paul could be quite stubborn when he thought he was right - they were never dull and always taught me something.
I did not know but had a hunch he was the person behind Ancient Warfar's 'Tacticus' - there aren't that many people around with that experience plus the apparent need to publish under a pseudonym...
He will be missed.
RE: Paul McDonnell-Staff - Gunthamund Hasding - 04-01-2020
sad to hear RIP his passing lets a big hole in our community and of course is sad to find out in such a way who "tacticus" was I will sure miss him