Lawrence, Kansas
1930 - 2020
February 24, 1930- December 6, 2020W. Keith Percival was born in Leeds, England. As a child, one of Keith's joys was to sit wedged tightly with his father in the same easy chair listening to him read aloud. Just before the outbreak of the war with Germany in 1939, Keith was evacuated to the rural...
Read MoreDr Percival was a widely knowledgeable, delightful, and unforgettable professor of linguistics, who taught with cordiality and humor. May there be more like him.
L Blake Finley
January 16, 2026 | School
I met Keith while a grad student in linguistics at KU. I never took any courses with him, but he was very involved in the social and intellectual life of a wide swath of graduate and undergraduate students. I think I learned as much from him in informal settings as I did in other more formal academic settings. RIP, Prof Percival.
Mick Palmer
March 22, 2022 | School
I was one of Dr. Percival's students at KU in the 1980s. It was a joy to be taught by someone so kind and so intelligent, a man who relished teaching and learning.
Elizabeth Couzens
March 20, 2022 | School
