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.
Dr John Sleigh BSc PhD CChem FRSC
13 February 1946 – 11 November 2006
30 November 2006
Dr Martin Richard Willis BSc PhD FRSC
14 November 1934 – 30 October 2006
31 October 2006
Dr Albert Frederick Crowther MA PhD MRSC
16 November 1917 – 28 October 2006
28 October 2006
Emeritus Professor D L H (Lyn) Williams PhD DSc CChem FRSC
6 August 1936 – 1 September 2006
30 September 2006
Peter Douglas Ridsdale, BSc., FRSC, CEng, MIM
DOD 18 June 2006
30 June 2006
Mr Mandayam A Sampath Kumaran BSc MSc CChem MRSC
DOD December 2005
31 December 2005
Dr Allan McCulloch Ure BSc DSc CChem FRSC
1924 – 2005
18 December 2005
Dr Geoffrey William Alexander Newton CChem FRSC
9 November 1928 – 4 October 2005
31 October 2005
Dr Robert Stanley McElhinney BSc CChem FRSC
24 September 1933 – 10 October 2005
31 October 2005
Mr Tennyson Harris MChem CChem FRSC
DOD 27 April 2005
30 April 2005
Professor Jacques-Emile Dubois PhD MRSC
13 April 1920 – 2 April 2005
02 April 2005
How to send us an obituary
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- 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
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- does not contain other people
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