Dr Ingles died this week five days after his second wife Katharina among family at Legana. 

“He always used to love walking, all along the coast and the beach, he used to always take us,” daughter Margaret Uren said.

“Or he’d take us for long drives to find different places to see.”

Dr Ingles was born in 1923 and had a long-spanning career in Tasmania and on the mainland.

He worked at the CSIRO, the University of Tasmania and was a professor at the University of New South Wales.

He was even involved in the secret testing of lethal poisons aimed at helping the Allied war effort.

In more recent years Dr Ingles was a board member of the Launceston Flood Authority. He was presented with a certificate of recognition for his work on the authority by the City of Launceston.

Mrs Uren said her father had always loved to read and instilled that love in his three daughters.

“We are all readers because of him, he used to read us the classics – Winnie the Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, those types of books,” she said.

City of Launceston mayor Albert van Zetten expressed sadness at the death of Dr Ingles.

"I consider myself fortunate to have worked closely with Dr Ingles, who can only be described as a brilliant man," he said.

"He lived a fascinating life and had a remarkable knowledge of flood science and engineering. He celebrated scientific endeavour and achievement, and he was always a proud Northern Tasmanian.”

Dr Ingles is survived by his three daughters, Margaret, Ann and Sue.