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.
Norman Gee CChem MRSC
03 April 1934 – 12 July 2018
31 July 2018
David Francis MRSC
1957 – 5 July 2018
31 July 2018
John Wiseman Steele MRSC
27 May 1934 - 16 July 2018
16 July 2018
Ian David Phimester Wootton MA MB BChir PhD FRSC FRCPath FRCP
5 March 1921 - 16 July 2018
16 July 2018
Viktor N Thaller CChem FRSC
11 November 1919 – 20 June 2018
20 June 2018
Alexander Dennis Cross CChem FRSC
29 March 1932 – 11 June 2018
11 June 2018
Gordon Brown CChem MRSC
2 October 1924 - 6 June 2018
06 June 2018
Professor Frank Roylance Smith MRSC
20 March 1932 – 24 April 2018
15 May 2018
Professor Emeritus James Anthony Cairns PhD DSc(Glasgow) CChem FRSC FRSE
1 July 1936 – 31 March 2018
20 April 2018
Professor Raymond Thompson CBE PhD FRSC FREng DIC
4 April 1925 – 23 March 2018
23 March 2018
Dr J Terry Pearson CChem MRSC
14 May 1935 – 25 February 2018
28 February 2018
Michael David Crook CChem MRSC
7 January 1928 - 7 December 2017
07 December 2017
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