Physics on 7 July 1955. Personal life Bleksley showed great interest in parapsychology and in 1969 attended a conference at Saint-Paul de Vence in France. The conference dealt with creativity and its possible links to parapsychology. Other participants included Kenneth Burke, Eugenio Gaddini, the Italian psychoanalyst, Jerre Mangione, the Italian-American author, Emilio Servadio, the Italian-Indian psychoanalyst and parapsychologist and W. Grey Walter, the neurophysiologist and robotician. He was talented musically and performed as church organist while still a scholar. His gift of being able to articulate difficult concepts in the fields of astronomy and applied mathematics, made him a popular tutor and inspired thousands of students who sat through his exceptionally lucid lectures. His sense of humour, quick mind and broad range of interests, made him a valued member of the team of "Three Wise Men" on the Springbok Radio quiz show, Test the Team, from 1957 into the 1980s, the other two being Grant Loudon and Eric Rosenthal. Bibliography External links South African Journal of Science page 104, November/December 2008 Historic paths at Brukkaros Mountain Astronomical Society of Southern Africa Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Harqua and Montezuma (TIME article) "Test the Team" soundfile 1908 births 1984 deaths People from Matatiele Local Municipality Cape Colony people South African scientists 20th-century South African scientists Stellenbosch University alumni Presidents of the Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science