James A. Weisheipl, OP 1923-1984Today, December 30, 2004, marks the 20th anniversary of the sudden death of James A. Weisheipl, OP, who taught so many students at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto, and who was a pioneer in the field of medieval natural philosophy.

Fr Weisheipl was perhaps known best, of course, as the author of Friar Thomas D’Aquino: His Life, Thought, and Work, which was the definitive biography of St Thomas until the appearance of Fr Torrell’s, in the early 1990’s.

20 years later, I still haven’t gotten over it…