Samuel Johns 1990 – 2024

20 June 2024

The family have asked us to share the sad news that Hertford alumnus Samuel Johns (Geography, 2008) has died on 19 April.

After winning the AJ Herbertson Prize for best dissertation, and graduating with the top 1st for his year in Geography, Samuel went on to complete a Master’s degree in Human Geography and Business from the University of British Columbia in Canada. He then established a portfolio career starting at P&G in Sales then becoming a private tutor with Bespoke Tuition. He was also currently a PhD candidate in the Centre for Digitalisation, Democracy and Innovation at the Brussels School of Governance.

It was his passion for mountains and mountain people which first led him to Nepal in 2009 where he went on to work with PSD Nepal (Partnership for Sustainable Development) and founded their plastics upcycling program in the Langtang Valley in 2017, to tackle the recycling of plastic waste left by visitors to the National Park. You can read an article written by Samuel about his work, for the Hertford College blog here.

To view his memorial service and tribute site, please visit:

https://www.online-tribute.com/samueljohns