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.
Eric Forbes CChem FRSC
1922 – 15 October 2009
31 October 2009
Professor S Russell Tailby
1917 - 2009
19 July 2009
Ewan Polwart
1974 – 2008
31 December 2008
Dr John Philip Day
18 May 1937 – 26 November 2009
01 December 2008
Dr Brian Webster MA PhD MRSC
20 June 1939 – 17 October 2008
17 October 2008
Dr John Robert Chipperfield FRSC
1937 – 2008
31 August 2008
Dr Hugh A McKenzie CChem FRSC
5 March 1923 – 24 July 2008
10 July 2008
Dr Brynmor Mile DSc
1936 – June 2008
10 July 2008
Alan George Sharpe
3 December 1921 – 29 January 2008
29 January 2008
Emeritus Professor Stephen Mason CChem FRSC FRS
6 July 1923 – 11 December 2007
31 December 2007
Cranberry: is it a sauce of help to fight cancer?
The dollop of red cranberry sauce on your Christmas plate may offer more than a simple fruity accompaniment to turkey, the Royal Society of Chemistry
18 December 2007
Tribute to Berkshire research centre
The Royal Society of Chemistry has paid tribute to a British international scientific research centre that has influenced worldwide crop protection an
27 November 2007
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