Alan Bull
Emeritus Professor, University of Kent
This obituary, written by Professor Michael Goodfellow of Newcastle University, was published in The Guardian on Thursday 13 July 2023.
My friend and colleague Alan Bull, who has died aged 87, was an internationally renowned microbiologist and pioneer of biotechnology, devel... Read More
Christopher Evans
Director Rehabilitation Medicine Research Center Mayo Clinic; Professor Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Medical School; Professor Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Mayo Medical School Read More
Roy Goodacre
Professor of Biological Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Liverpool Read More
Brian Smith
16 June, 2016
Member of HEFCW; formerly: Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, University of Oxford; Master, St Catherine’s College, Oxford; Vice-Chancellor, Cardiff University. Read More
Kenneth Edwards
Formerly: Vice-Chancellor, University of Leicester; Head of the Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge Read More
Andrew Pelter
6 June, 2016
Andrew Pelter, Professor Emeritus of Swansea University, died on March 16, 2019 at the age of 87. He was born in London on November 20, 1931 and studied chemistry at Bristol University, where he also gained his PhD degree. He then joined the group of J. W. Cornforth (who went on to receive the Nobel Prize for Chemistry... Read More
Martin Rees
4 May, 2016
Martin Rees is renowned for his seminal contributions to our understanding of the nature of the Universe. Highlights of his research work include the elucidation of the physics of galaxy formation and clustering, quasars, black holes, gamma ray bursts, and the cosmological constant. The impact of his research can be qu... Read More
Michael Atiyah
Honorary Professor University of Edinburgh and Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge
Those elected to the office of President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) are by any standards, outstanding and distinguished individuals. But even by these elevated standards, Sir Michael Atiyah was truly exceptional.
He wa... Read More