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Oxford academic, now dead, suffered a breakdown last year
Saturday January 14, 2012 03:16:29 PM,
IANS
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London: Oxford
professor Steven Rawlings, who was found dead at the home of his
Indian-origin mathematician friend, had last year suffered a
breakdown and was "found wandering around the village in his
dressing gown in the middle of the night", a media report said.
The body of Rawlings, a 50-year-old astrophysicist, was found at
the home of Devinder Sivia in Oxfordshire Wednesday. Sivia was
arrested and later released on bail.
Rawlings had been suffering from stress in recent months, his
friends claimed.
A friend said he had spoken to Rawlings just hours before he died
and said that he seemed troubled and was considering resigning
from his post at Oxford.
"I just can't believe it - he was here in my house just the day
before. He knocked on my door and wanted to chat," Daily Telegraph
quoted the friend as saying.
"I could tell he wanted to get some things off his chest. He was
thinking about the future and contemplating handing his notice in
to St Peter's College. He had a very intense job and he was a very
intense person."
The friend added: "He had had a breakdown last year and on that
occasion was found wandering around the village in his dressing
gown in the middle of the night."
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