Obituaries

On this page you will find links to the obituaries of Fellows of the Society who have died since 2000, listed in alphabetical order by last name.

These are reproduced from a variety of sources, and we are always grateful for further information about obituaries for late Fellows that we might have missed.

We are also very grateful for any further tributes, memories, appreciations or celebrations of the lives of former Fellows.

The 'Obituary archive' folder in the green menu box on the right contains brief obituaries of Fellows who died between April 1995 and October 2000. Typing a name in the 'Search' box will help you find relevant entries.

Ashbee, Paul: elected 1 May 1958

Avent, Richard: elected 11 January 1979

Barag, Dan Pinhas Alfred: elected 11 January 1979

Barfield, Lawrence Harry: elected 20 May 1971

Barron, John: elected 4 January 1968

Benedikz, Benedikt Sigurđur: elected 28 November 1985

Blair, Claude: elected 1 March 1956

Braun, Thomas: elected 11 March 2004

Case, Humphrey: elected 4 March 1954

Cattermole, Paul David Trevor: elected 28 October 2004

Cherry, James: elected 4 May 1989

Clarke, David Tyrwhitt-Drake: elected 3 May 1962

Clarke, Joan Radcliffe: elected 10 January 1952

Cocke, Thomas: elected 5 May 1983

Coldstream, John Nicolas: elected 5 March 1964

Colvin, Sir Howard Montagu: elected 1 May 1980

Deyermond, Alan David: elected 26 November 1987

Dore, John Nigel: elected 1 March 1990

Eames, Elizabeth: elected 1 May 1958

Elrington, Christopher Robin: elected 5 March 1964

Farr, Michael Walter: elected 2 May 1968

Feilden, Sir Bernard Melchior: elected 9 January 1969

Flint, Valerie: elected 6 March 1997

Gelling, Margaret Joy: elected 1 May 1986

Gomme, Andor (Austin Harvey): elected 10 January 1985

Green, Roger Curtis: elected 9 March 2000

Holt, Thomas Geoffrey: elected 6 December 1973

Hopkins, John Henry: elected 6 January 1983

Jelínek, Jan: elected Honorary Fellow 10 January 1980

Jones, Gwenllian Vaughan: elected 5 February 2009

Kjølbye-Biddle, Birthe: elected 6 May 1976

Knowles, Alan Keith: elected 3 May 1990

Learmont, David Murray: elected 8 January 1981

Lee, Brian North: elected 1978

Lewis, Lesley: elected 9 January 1964

Mabbs, Alfred: elected 29 November 1979

Major, John Kenneth: elected 20 May 1971

Malmer, Mats Petersen: elected Honorary Fellow 6 January 1983

Martin, Geoffrey Haward: elected 6 March 1975

Mason, John Frederick Arthur: elected 7 March 1963

Matthews, Derek Howard: elected 6 March 1969

McNeil, Robina: elected 14 June 2001

Northeast, Peter: elected 6 March 1980

Owen, Arthur Ernest Bion: elected 22 November 1990

Owen, Dorothy: elected 8 January 1959

Pinder-Wilson, Ralph: elected 9 January 1958

Pollard, John Graham: elected 6 March 1975

Probert, Leonard Allan: elected 5 May 1977

Quinnell, Norman Victor: elected 24 November 1983

Ray, Anthony George: elected 4 May 1995

Ridgway, Francesca Romana Serra: elected 12 January 1978

Ridgway, Maurice Hill: elected 10 January 1952

Ruddock, Alwyn: elected 7 January 1960

Saunders, Andrew Downing: elected 1 March 1962

Shepherd, Ian Alexander George: elected 3 March 1983

Swan, Vivien Grace: elected 4 May 1978

Thorn, James: elected 16 November 2006

Thornton, Peter Kai: elected 1976

Vince, Alan George: elected 5 March 1987

White, Colin Saunders: elected 15 May 2003

Zarnecki, George: elected 4 March 1954