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.
Professor Christopher Hitchcock
02 November 1931 - 28 November 2022
28 November 2022
Alan Comyns
5 May 1932 - 27 November 2022
27 November 2022
Colin Banwell
31 March 1933 - 25 November 2022
25 November 2022
Dr Michael Camm Bennett
29 September 1929 - 2 October 2022
01 November 2022
Dr Timothy Leslie Dawson
27 October 1928 - 25 September 2022
25 September 2022
Doris Emily Butterworth
23 November 1924 - 23 September 2022
23 September 2022
Alfred John Hookham
19 October 1927 - 10 September 2022
10 September 2022
Dr Ray Andrew Olsson
30 November 1931 - 29 August 2022
29 August 2022
Dr James W Akitt
22 November 1931 - 12 August 2022
12 August 2022
A. M. Chassels III
11 November 1944 - 11 April 2022
11 April 2022
Ron Hester
1936 - 2022
25 March 2022
Professor G C Bond
21 April 1927 - 9 January 2022
09 January 2022
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