He was 87.
Born in Liverpool, England, on March 24, 1937, Hodgkinson was posted to Aberdeen, Scotland, for his nationwide service with the Royal Air Drive when he met the Henderson family.
The Hendersons owned a jewelry retailer and supplied him a job of their retailer, beneath one scenario—he grew to turn out to be a gemologist.
Two years later he did, incomes his Fellow of the Gemmological Affiliation distinction (gemology diploma) from the Gemmological Affiliation of Good Britain (Gem-A).
Together with gemology, Scotland launched Hodgkinson the alternative good love of his life, his partner, Charlotte.
Over the course of his higher than 50-year-long occupation, Hodgkinson has lectured about gemology worldwide, held positions at fairly a couple of gemological organizations, and obtained a variety of awards.
Chief amongst these are being named honorary president of the Scottish Gemmological Affiliation (SGA) and an honorary member of the Canadian Gemmological Affiliation (CGA), along with being granted honorary lifetime membership inside the following organizations: Gem-A, SGA, the Accredited Gemologists Affiliation, and the American Gem Commerce Affiliation.
Hodgkinson was the first winner of AGA’s Antonio C. Bonanno Award for Excellence in Gemology in 2000 and bought CGA’s inaugural Diamond Award.
Alongside the easiest way, his pal and fellow gemologist Eric Bruton impressed Hodgkinson to place in writing a e guide, and he did.
Following 40 years of writing and evaluation, his daughter Valerie Hodgkinson revealed “Gem Testing Methods” in 2015.
The e guide is at current in its third printing by the Hodgkinson family, although additional copies obtained’t be on the market until later this 12 months or early subsequent, in line with the Gem Testing web page.
Hodgkinson will in all probability be remembered by his speedy family and wider gemological family for being sort, affected individual, and generous, and for wanting to make the analysis of gemology cheap for all.
He devoted his working life to bringing gemology to a wider viewers, considerably the youthful know-how, and producing curiosity inside the place gem stones have carried out, and proceed to play, all via historic previous, his family talked about.
His plea was, “If gemology does definitely fill you with wonderment, I might ask a favor: that you just simply in flip share your experience with others, from amongst whom will come tomorrow’s gemologists, and thus help protect open a window that helps reveal in its private small strategy, the implausible universe we inhabit.”
Hodgkinson is survived by his partner of 60 years, Charlotte; daughters Valerie and Avril; brother Colin; and niece and nephew, Claire and Phillip Hodgkinson.
Corporations are scheduled for noon on Oct. 29 at Clyde Coast & Garnock Valley Crematorium in Scotland.
In lieu of flowers, donations is also made to the Ayrshire Hospice.