• Notices 2009

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    The Royal Society regrets to announce the deaths of the following Fellows in 2009: 

    PERRY, Professor Samuel FRS
    [1974] Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry in the University of Birmingham
    Lecture:  Croonian (1984)
    Council Service:  1986-1988

    16-Jul-18 17-Dec-09

    GINZBURG, Professor Vitaly ForMemRS
    [1987] P N Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow
    Nobel Laureate, Physics 2003

    4-Oct-16
    08-Nov

    BEALE, Professor Geoffrey MBE FRS
    [1959] Formerly Royal Society Research Professor.  Ashworth Laboratories and the University of Edinburgh
    Lecture: Leeuwenhoek (1976)

    11-Jun-13

    16-Oct-09

    GELFAND, Professor Izreal ForMemRS
    [1977] Hill Center for Mathematical Sciences, Rutgers State University of New Jersey

    02-Sep-13

    05-Oct-09

    LEWIS, Professor Dan FRS
    [1955] Emeritus Professor of Botany in the University of London
    Council Service:  1962-1964

    30-Dec-10

    30-Sep-09

    REES, Professor Hubert DFC FRS
    Emeritus Professor of Agricultural Botany in the University of Wales, Aberystwyth

    02-Oct-23

    13-Sep-09

    BORLAUG, Professor Norman ForMemRS
    International Maize & Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico and Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas

    24-Mar-14

    12-Sep-09

    BROWN, Professor John Milton FRS
    Professor of Chemistry, Oxford University

    12-Sep-41

    10-Sep-09

    EVANS, Professor Anthony FRS
    Professor of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, University of California

    04-Dec-42

    09-Sep-09

    LAMB, Professor Chris CBE FRS
    Director, John Innes Centre and John Innes Professor of Biology, University of East Anglia

    19-Mar-50

    21-Aug-09

    GALE, Professor Michael Denis FRS
    [1996] John Innes Foundation Emeritus Fellow and Professional Fellow at the University of East Anglia
    Medal: Darwin (1998)

    25-Aug-43

    18-Jul-09

    ELLIOT, Professor Harry (Henry) CBE FRS
    [1973] Emeritus Professor of Physics in the University of London

    28-Jun-20

    05-Jul-09

    KATCHALSKI-KATZIR, Professor Ephraim ForMemRS
    [1977] Institute Professor, 4th president of the State of Israel Weizmann Institute of Science

    16-May-16

    30-May-09

    KROHN, Dr Peter Leslie FRS
    [1963] Formerly Professor of Endocrinology in the University of Birmingham

    08-Jan-16

    23-May-09

    PASHLEY, Professor Donald William FRS
    [1968] Emeritus Professor of Materials in the University of in London
    Council Service: 1981-1983

    21-Apr-27

    16-May-09

    DEARNALEY, Professor Geoffrey
    [1993] Consultant. Formerly Vice-President for Materials and Structures Division in the Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio

    22-Jun-30

    05-May-09

    LYTHGOE, Professor Basil FRS
    [1958] Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry in the University of Leeds

    18-Aug-13

    18-Apr-09

    MADDOX, Sir John Roydon KBE FRS
    [2000] (Honorary Fellow) Editor Emeritus, Nature

    27-Nov-25

    12-Apr-09

    HARPER, Professor John Lander CBE FRS
    [1978] Emeritus Professor of Botany in the University of Wales
    Medal: Darwin (1990)
    Council Service: 1987-1989

    27-May-25

    22-Mar-09

    NYE, Mr Peter Hague FRS
    [1987] Reader Emeritus in Soil Science in the University of Oxford

    16-Sep-21

    13-Feb-09

    DEER, Professor William Alexander FRS
    [1962] Emeritus Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology in the University of Cambridge
    Council Service: 1966-67

    26-Oct-10

    08-Feb-09

    HARRIS, Dr John Edwin MBE FRS
    [1988] Vice Chair British Pugwash
    Medal: Esso Energy (1979)

    02-Jun-32

    03-Feb-09

    WOOD, Sir Alan (Marshall) Muir FRS
    [1980] Consultant, Halcrow Group, London
    Council Service: 1983-84
    VP: 1983-84

    08-Aug-21

    01-Feb-09

    HOLT, Professor John Riley FRS
    [1964] Emeritus Professor of Experimental Physics in the University of Liverpool

    15-Feb-18

    5-Jan-09

    ZIENKIEWICZ, Professor Olgierd Cecil CBE
    [1979] Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering and Unesco Chair of Numerical Methods in Engineering, Technical University of Barcelona
    Medal: Royal (1990)

    18-May-21

    2-Jan-09

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