Recent Humanist Obituaries
The links below will take you to interviews with and/or obituaries on some distinguished supporters of Humanism who have died in recent years (the latest at the top):
Faith Brook (1922-2012)
Professor Lord Wedderburn of Charlton QC FBA (1927-2012)
Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)
Miriam Karlin OBE (1925-2011)
Sir Kenneth Clucas (1921 – 2010)
Professor James Mourilyan Tanner (1920-2010)
Claire Rayner OBE (1931 – 2010) (former President)
Lord McIntosh of Haringey (1933 – 2010)
Dr Ashok Kumar MP (1956 – 2010)
Sir Ludovic Kennedy (1919 – 2009)
Professor Michael Majerus (1954 – 2009)
Sir John Maddox (1925 – 2009)
Professor John L Harper CBE FRS (1925 – 2009)
Professor Brian Barry (1936 – 2009)
Harold Blackham (1903 – 2009) (former President)
Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
Sir Michael Levey (1927 – 2008)
Sir Bernard Crick (1929 – 2008) (and here)
James Hemming (1909 – 2008) (former President)
Sir Arthur C Clarke (1917 – 2008)
George Melly (1923 – 2007) (former President)
Linda Smith (1958 – 2006) (former President)
John Fowles (1926 – 2005)
Professor Sir Hermann Bondi FRS (1919 – 2005) (former President)
Sir Joseph Rotblat FRS (1908 – 2005)
Sir Richard Doll CH OBE FRS (1912 – 2005)
Professor Lionel Elvin (1905 – 2005)
Earl Russell (1937 – 2004)
Professor John Maynard Smith (1920 – 2004)
Francis Crick (1916 – 2004)
Sir Peter Ustinov (1921 – 2004)
Lord Jenkins of Putney (1908 – 2004)
Lord Dormand of Easington (1919 – 2003)
Professor George Barnard (1915 – 2002)
Also
Sir Raymond Firth FBA (1901 – 2002), one of the founders of modern social anthropology.
Lord Porter (1920 – 2002), distinguished chemist, advocate of science education, pioneer of science on television, former president of the Royal Society.
Lord Stratford, formerly Tony Banks MP (1943 – 2006), see obituary athttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lord-stratford-522376.html
