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.
Swee Hock Goh
14 Oct 1940 – 21 May 2024
21 May 2024
Professor Anthony J McCaffery
31 March 1935 - 13 May 2024
13 May 2024
Dr Gerard O'Donnell
28 April 1933 – 11 May 2024
11 May 2024
Dr Brian W Malpass
12 September 1937 – 8 May 2024
08 May 2024
William Alan Osborne
10 October 1935 - 04 April 2024
04 April 2024
Dr Keith Holder
10 July 1950 – 16 February 2024
16 February 2024
Dr Richard Sleeman
3 December 1955 – 8 September 2023
08 September 2023
Professor Thomas B H McMurry
11 May 1931 - 6 September 2023
06 September 2023
Professor Lloyd Jackman
1 April 1926 - 30 August 2023
30 August 2023
Dr Anthony B Clayton
14 January 1940 – 20 August 2023
20 August 2023
Dr Kurt H Stern
26 December 1926 – 5 August 2023
05 August 2023
Professor Oleg M Nefedov
25 November 1931 - 28 July 2023
28 July 2023
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