01 January 2026
Obituaries 2026
Obituaries received from your fellow alumni for the year 2026.

We are sad to report on the following obituaries.
While we make every effort to verify the information here, which is selected and edited, we cannot guarantee its accuracy.
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King's College London
Andrea Cordwell James (1997)
Bryan Rowe (Philosophy, 1960)
Christopher Dent (Chemistry with Analytical Chemistry, 2004; MSC in Mobile and Personal Communications, 2007)
Christopher Pike (MA in War Studies, 2004)
Christopher Young (Law, 1954)
Clara Bale (Political Economy, 2024)
Clifton Hattersley (Chemistry, 1966)
David Eve (AKC Theology and Religious Studies, 1974)
David Evison (War Studies, 1958)
Dr Guy Oldham (Chemistry, 1951)
Dr Frank Andrews (History, 1953; Education, 1954)
Dr Jacques Delacave (Economics, 1958)
Dr Oliver Adebayo (Biomaterials, 2010; Medicine, 2013)
Ernest James Martin (Mechanical Engineering, 1941)
Inshirah Chaudhry (Biochemistry, 2021)
Joan James (Household & Social Sciences, 1941)
Keerthi Rajagopal (International Child Rights and Development, 2024)
Mahfuz Sadique (Public Policy, 2010)
Martin Campbell (Law, 1951)
Maurice Banbury Constable (Civil Engineering, 1954; Education, 1955)
Patricia Robson (Theology, 1958)
Paul Mendlesohn (Dental Surgery, 1976)
Prof Ian Brown (Physics, 1956)
Prof Nicola Fear (Pharmacology, 1991)
Richard Bland (Electrical Engineering, 1958)
Roger Martyn Jones
Ronald Claxton (MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration, 1991)
Sir Po-Shing Woo (Law, 1956)
Simon Timothy Richards (History, 1980)
The Honourable Sir Shridath Ramphal (Law, 1952)
The Rt Revd David Smith (Theology, 1958)
The Rev Canon Neville Vine (Theology and Religious Studies, 1980)
The Revd Howard Curnow (Mathematics, 1963)
Revd. Ian David Zass-Ogilvie (Theology, 1965)
The Rev Mary Hall
The Revd Martyn Wratten (Theology, 1958)
Royal Dental Hospital
Beryl Hodge (Dentistry, 1951)
Guys and St Thomas'
Dr Allen Medhurst (Obstetrics; Medicine, 1965)
Dr Gareth Gower (Medicine, 1968)
Dr James Briggs (Medicine, 1952)
Dr Paul Boyne (Medicine, 1954)
Dr Robin Kirby (Medicine, 1966)
Dr Theresa Crowley (Medicine, 1976)
Professor David Gibbons OBE (Dentistry, 1962)
Sir Terence English (Medicine, 1962)
Staff
Dr Robert Bradnock (Senior Research Fellow)