The Very Rev Professor Henry Chadwick

David V. Jones writes: The Very Rev Professor Henry Chadwick (obituary, June 19) was indeed delightful company and would often use his wit and humour to put one at ease. In my time at the House, when he was Dean, he and Mrs Chadwick made the effort to invite undergraduates in small groups to a family Sunday lunch at the deanery.

At one such lunch that I attended, Dean Chadwick was expounding on the Oxford admissions process.

“There are only two types of young man to whom I would refuse admission to the House,” he said (with a clear glint in the eye). “The first is the young man who, by the tender age of 17, claims to have read the complete works of Dostoevsky.” After a beautifully timed pause for thought, he continued: “The second is the young man who, by the tender age of 17, actually has read the complete works of Dostoevsky!”

Anne Lamb writes: Your obituary does not mention Henry Chadwick’s award of the Charlemagne Prize, which led to an invitation to become a member of the German Culture Club. He had translated the proceeding of the Council of Trent, on Justification by Faith, groundwork for his patient and tireless work for Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission.

John Cruft

Gerry Weiss writes: John Cruft’s (obituary, June 11) functions as music director of the Arts Council included responsibility for dance. In this sphere he not only encouraged the work of fledgeling companies, to mention the present Scottish Ballet and Northern Ballet Theatre as the two most prominent, but also used the Arts Council’s financial muscle to care for dancers themselves. The idea of introducing occupational pensions for dancers working for established companies and of helping to start them in a second career when their dancing lives had come to an end may have been created by Donald (later Sir Donald) Albery and Peter Williams, OBE, but it was John Cruft who put it into practice by providing their employers with extra funding to pay their contributions to the Dancers Pension Scheme and the Dancers Resettlement Fund, now called Dancers Career Development.

Angus Calder

Brian Nicholls writes: In Angus Calder’s obituary (June 16 ) a mention is made of five volumes of poetry, which included Horace in Tollcross: Eftir Some Odes of Q.H. Flaccus (2000). This is followed by a comment on the assumption “that Flaccus would be a recognisable name to all”. It certainly was to Angus and me, who were taught latin by one F.B. Whitmore. He was known to us all as Flaccus.