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.
Malcolm Heggie FRSC
17 January 2019
17 January 2019
Dr Colin Harrison CBE CChem FRSC
25 August 1948 – 14 January 2019
14 January 2019
Professor Robert Thomas MRSC
1927 – 2018
31 December 2018
Professor Robin Clark CNZM FRS
16 Feb 1935 – 6 Dec 2018
31 December 2018
Ray Esdale MRSC
1948 – 13 October 2018
31 December 2018
Cyril Colin Buxton MRSC
27 April 1933 – 10 December 2018
31 December 2018
Terence George Reed CChem FRSC
10 May 1944 – 7 December 2018
07 December 2018
Frieder Wilhelm Lichtenthaler
19 January 1932 – 6 November 2018
30 November 2018
William Henry Whewell CChem MPhil FRSC
1939 – 2018
19 November 2018
Professor Emeritus Sidney Alan Barker CChem FRSC
13 April 1926 – 14 October 2018
31 October 2018
Desmond Clark CChem FRSC
1931 – October 2018
31 October 2018
Christopher Harrold FRSC
27 June 1926 – 16 October 2018
31 October 2018
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