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.
EP Madhava Bhattathiry
22 October 1927 – 13 February 2025
13 February 2025
Dr Christopher Lawson
23 October 1942 – 7 January 2025
31 January 2025
Dr rer. nat. Wolfgang Fritsche
11 March 1928 – 26 January 2025
31 January 2025
Professor David M Goodall
10 March 1941 – 15 January 2025
15 January 2025
Miss Hazel R Brand
21 February 1937 - 4 December 2024
04 December 2024
Dr John L Archibald
29 December 1935 – 20 October 2024
20 October 2024
Dr Edward Lunt
29 March 1929 – 18 October 2024
18 October 2024
Professor Diana Anderson
11 December 1940 – 11 October 2024
11 October 2024
Professor Brendan J Howlin
9 August 1959 - 5 August 2024
05 August 2024
Dr John P Kilcoyne
7 September 1944 – 19 June 2024
19 June 2024
Dr Michael J Prior
8 June 1956 – 7 June 2024
07 June 2024
Dr Thomas Paterson
18 October 1947 - 22 May 2024
22 May 2024
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:
- 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
- be accompanied by a photo as a separate file, which
- is landscape and at least half a megabyte in size
- is in jpg or png format and not within a Word or other document
- does not contain other people
- you have permission to use