Andrew Lambert - my A-level physics teacher - inspired me more than anyone else ever has; it's because of him I went on to do a physics degree. He had a way of making the subject come alive and was a true inspiration. Plus, even for his sixth form classes, he always put on a christmas treasure hunt with lemon juice and shortbread biscuits at the end of it! He'd ask open-ended questions to encourage debate, which made the subject so much more accessible. Very sadly he died unexpectedly of leukemia a couple of months before I finished my A-levels. He'd been teaching in the same school for over 30 years and hundreds of his past pupils came to his memorial service, in fact it was so packed they used a PA system to transmit the service to other rooms as it couldn't fit everyone in!