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.
Andrew Pelter PhD DSc CChem FRSC FLSW
20 November 1931 – 16 March 2019
16 March 2019
James B Diamond
28 December 1924 – 13 March 2019
13 March 2019
Garth Hastings DSc PhD CChem FRSC FIM cFBOA FIPEM FBSE ThL
23 March 1932 – 3 March 2019
03 March 2019
Brian Halton PhD (Southampton), DSc (VUW), Hon. FNZIC, FRSNZ
1941 – 23 February 2019
28 February 2019
Jeffrey Jones JP BSc CCHEM MRSC
1945 – 2019
28 February 2019
Greg Doughty FRSC
13 February 1963 – 25 February 2019
25 February 2019
George Stanley Perry MSc PhD DIC FRSC CChem
20 July 1928 – 27 December 2018
30 January 2019
Malcolm Heggie FRSC
17 January 2019
17 January 2019
Dr Colin Harrison CBE CChem FRSC
25 August 1948 – 14 January 2019
14 January 2019
Professor Robert Thomas MRSC
1927 – 2018
31 December 2018
Professor Robin Clark CNZM FRS
16 Feb 1935 – 6 Dec 2018
31 December 2018
Ray Esdale MRSC
1948 – 13 October 2018
31 December 2018
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