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 Jonathan Williams FRSC
23 May 1964 – 3 August 2019
03 August 2019
Dr Alan Lloyd Lakin BSc MSc CChem FRSC
1933 – 2019
01 July 2019
Professor Brian Glover Gowenlock CBE MSc PhD DSc CChem FRSC FRSE
9 February 1926 – 17 March 2019
30 June 2019
Dr Terry A Gough BSc PhD DSc CChem FRSC
07 June 2019
Ernest Ralph Parker
24 April 2019
24 April 2019
Andrew Pelter PhD DSc CChem FRSC FLSW
20 November 1931 – 16 March 2019
16 March 2019
James B Diamond
28 December 1924 – 13 March 2019
13 March 2019
Garth Hastings DSc PhD CChem FRSC FIM cFBOA FIPEM FBSE ThL
23 March 1932 – 3 March 2019
03 March 2019
Brian Halton PhD (Southampton), DSc (VUW), Hon. FNZIC, FRSNZ
1941 – 23 February 2019
28 February 2019
Jeffrey Jones JP BSc CCHEM MRSC
1945 – 2019
28 February 2019
Greg Doughty FRSC
13 February 1963 – 25 February 2019
25 February 2019
George Stanley Perry MSc PhD DIC FRSC CChem
20 July 1928 – 27 December 2018
30 January 2019
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:
- be for a member who has passed away within the last twelve months
- 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
You can also supply a photo if you wish. It must:
- be portrait and at least half a megabyte in size
- be a separate file in jpg or png format and not within a Word or other document
- not contain other people
- have permission to be published from relevant people