Obituaries of RSC members
We acknowledge the contribution made to the chemical sciences by our members who have passed away.
Please use the contact details on this page to notify us of the death of a member. The obituaries here are written by friends, family and colleagues.
Dr David Lloyd Crone EurChem CChem FRSC
1941 – 25 June 2019
31 December 2019
Dr Stephen Wallwork
1925 – 2019
31 December 2019
Professor John Bensted BSc PhD DSc CSci CChem CEng SCImem FRSC FIMMM
2 March 1942 – 12 November 2019
12 November 2019
Professor Stanley Greenfield CChem FRSC
25 March 1920 – 4 September 2019
04 September 2019
Dr Nicholas Anthony Kerton FRSC
26 November 1950 – 12 August 2019
12 August 2019
Professor Huw Owen Pritchard
23 July 1928 - 9 August 2019
09 August 2019
Dr David Richard Waring FRSC
1944 – 2019
06 August 2019
Professor Jonathan Williams FRSC
23 May 1964 – 3 August 2019
03 August 2019
Dr Alan Lloyd Lakin BSc MSc CChem FRSC
1933 – 2019
01 July 2019
Professor Brian Glover Gowenlock CBE MSc PhD DSc CChem FRSC FRSE
9 February 1926 – 17 March 2019
30 June 2019
Dr Terry A Gough BSc PhD DSc CChem FRSC
07 June 2019
Ernest Ralph Parker
24 April 2019
24 April 2019
How to send us an obituary
To notify us of the death of a member or if you have any questions, please get in touch via email. The obituary should:
- be for a member who has passed away within the last twelve months
- include the dates of birth and passing away
- be no longer than one A4 page (about eight paragraphs)
- mention the contribution the person who has died made to the chemical sciences
You can also supply a photo if you wish. It must:
- be portrait and at least half a megabyte in size
- be a separate file in jpg or png format and not within a Word or other document
- not contain other people
- have permission to be published from relevant people