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.
Mrs Patricia A Dennis
28 October 1942 - 21 July 2023
21 July 2023
Dr Malcolm N Jones
14 October 1936 – 22 June 2023
22 June 2023
James Harper
17 April 1937 - 20 June 2023
20 June 2023
Mr Edward Braxton Reynolds
20 December 1940 - 31 May 2023
31 May 2023
Dr David Ashton
11 September 1944 – 31 May 2023
31 May 2023
Dr Eng Liang Tan
24 June 1937 – 28 May 2023
28 May 2023
Dr John Barrie Peel
8 March 1939 – 8 May 2023
08 May 2023
Dr Charles Barry Thomas
17 October 1942 – 25 April 2023
25 April 2023
Professor Frank McCapra
4 July 1934 - 21 April 2023
21 April 2023
Glyn Davies
12 December 1925 - 11 April 2023
11 April 2023
Dr Robert Frank Curtis
1926 - 2023
11 March 2023
Professor Edwin Dawes
6 July 1925 - 3 March 2023
03 March 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