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.
Professor Derry W Jones CChem FRSC
8 February 1928 – 10 November 2017
30 November 2017
Professor Leslie F Larkworthy CChem FRSC
28 December 1930 – 19 July 2017
19 July 2017
Harvey Meyer BA BSc CChem MRSC
19 February 1927 - 2 July 2017
02 July 2017
Miklos M. Breuer MSc PhD FRIC
1927 – 14 May 2017
31 May 2017
Dr Herbert W Douglas BSc, MSc, PhD, DSc, CC, FRSC
1921 – April 2017
30 April 2017
Russell Binions FRSC
1979 – 2017
13 April 2017
Mr Ernest Kenneth Scott CChem
21 Nov 1931 – 10 Mar 2017
31 March 2017
Dr Neville George Parsonage
1931 – 24 February 2017
10 March 2017
Dr Peter G M Brown MRSC
12 February 1929 - 19 February 2017
19 February 2017
Peter Joseph Jackson
26 April 1929 – 25 December 2016
31 January 2017
Mr Thomas Fay CChem FRSC
27 May 1931 – 2 January 2017
31 January 2017
Professor Philip Edwin Barker
4 September 1929 – 18 January 2017
18 January 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