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.
Mr Henry George Evans Wilson
13 March 1939 — 16 October 2025
01 July 2026
Obituary - Professor Albert Ernest Joseph (Bertie) McGill
9 May 1942 — 4 December 2025
01 July 2026
Obituary - Dr Ian Jeffrey Hotchkiss
11 September 1951 — 19 August 2025
18 June 2026
Obituary - Jack Fennimore
11 September 1933 — 11 March 2026
12 June 2026
Obituary - Kenneth Wallace Smalldon
31 July 1944 — 5 April 2026
13 May 2026
Obituary - John Richard Pentland
25 June 1932 — 29 September 2025
16 April 2026
Obituary - John Keith Hodgson
7 May 1933 — 18 March 2026
14 April 2026
Obituary - John Dewing
8 July 1929 — 4 December 2025
08 April 2026
Obituary - Gerald Ray Miller
13 November 1936 – 29 March 2025
31 March 2026
Obituary - Andrew Constantine
26 February 1936 – 25 October 2025
27 March 2026
Obituary - Dr John F T Pinkard
13 August 1939 – 10 October 2025
23 March 2026
Obituary - Clive Hamlin
25 January 1941 — 1 January 2026
05 February 2026
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