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.
Emeritus Professor George Petersen
1933 - 2021
31 July 2021
Professor Emeritus Torbj枚rn Norin
21 July 2021
21 July 2021
Arthur Patrick Campbell MSc CEng CChem MIChemE MRSC
8 October 1933 - 1 July 2021
01 July 2021
Nick Besley
23 December 1972 - 27 June 2021
27 June 2021
Professor Chris Buckley
5 July 1949 - 27 May 2021
27 May 2021
Dr John Hoskins
14 May 1940 - 8 May 2021
08 May 2021
Louis H Rombach BSc MSc MRSC
1926 - 2021
28 April 2021
Douglas William Sutton CChem MRSC
March 1930 - April 2021
27 April 2021
William "Bill" Collinson Orry BSc MRSC
22 May 1939 - 21 March 2021
21 March 2021
Ronal James Gillespie
1924 - 2021
26 February 2021
Alastair MacArthur North OBE
1932 – 2020
31 December 2020
George Reginald Newns
31 December 2020
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