Obituaries by year
The University regrets to announce the deaths of the following members of the University community.
All tributes are submitted by friends and colleagues.
Staff members can submit an obituary by emailing communications@cardiff.ac.uk.
2026
- Dr Helen Hodges
1974-2026 - Professor Colin H. Williams
1950-2026
2025
- Baroness Jenny Randerson
1948-2025 - Sue Campbell
1940-2025 - Dr Robert Steadman
1956-2025 - Professor Bhushan Karihaloo
1943-2025
2024
- David English
1950-2024 - Professor Binglin Zhong
1951-2024 - Professor Peter Ghazal OBE FMedSci
1961-2024 - Professor Sir Mansel Aylward CB
1942-2024 - Dr Kerry Moore
1978-2024 - Robert van Deursen
1958-2024 - Janet Richards
1947-2024 - Gwyn Haydn Rhys
1932-2024 - Yehuda Bauer
1926-2024 - Mick Bruton
1938-2024
2023
- Professor Mike Bruford
1963-2023 - Sir (Eric) Brian Smith
1933-2023 - Professor Dame Teresa (Terry) Rees FLSW FAcSS
1949-2023 - Olaoluwa “Laolu” Abdulrahman Alatise
1995-2023 - Allyson Jayne Capron
1980-2023
2022
- Dr Rachel Coombe
1958-2022 - Professor Gwynedd O. Pierce
1921-2022 - Professor Dylan M Jones OBE DSc
1948-2022 - Professor John Radford
1953-2022 - Kevin Stagg
1958-2022
2021
- Dr David R Lees
1942-2021 - Catherine Belsey
1940-2021 - Professor Humphrey Palmer
1930-2021 - Helen Ceridwen Saunders
1960-2021 - Dr Philip Buckle
1968-2021 - John Potts
1947-2021 - Professor Brian Joseph Brinkworth CEng FREng FRAeS FIMechE FEI
1932-2021
2020
- Neil Wellard
1957-2020 - James Young
1950-2020 - Mary Pearce
1949-2020 - Bernard Mallows MBE
1940-2020 - Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas FRS
1932-2020 - Dr Tina Gambling
1970-2020 - Dr Philippa Coales
1959-2020 - Professor John Gwynfor Jones
1936-2020
2019
- Professor Tom Keenoy
1944-2019 - Professor Barry Wilkinson
1956-2019 - Andrew Belsey
1942-2019 - Dr Reg Hinkley
1947-2019 - John Lake Moore
1936-2019
2018
- Malcolm Anderson
1970-2018 - Professor John Tyrrell
1942-2018 - Michael Durrant
1934-2018 - Professor R. (Bob) F. Churchhouse CBE
1927-2018 - Professor Christopher Peter Morley, BA, DPhil
1957-2018 - Eric Markland
1923-2018 - Professor Christopher Hooley FRS
1928-2018 - Professor Paul Bradley
1955-2018 - Dr John Etherington
1937-2018 - Brian Hooper
1954-2018
2017
- Don Barry
1944-2017 - Robert Maynard Jones
1929-2017 - Gwyn Ingli James
1928-2017 - Professor David Garel Rhys CBE
1940-2017 - Professor Peter Wells CBE
1936-2017 - Professor Kenneth Gloag
1960-2017 - Michael Chiles
1936-2017 - Professor David Moffat
1921-2017 - Honorary Distinguished Professor David Vernon Morgan
1941-2017 - Sir Donald Walters
1925-2017 - Dr J R (Dick) Dickinson
1952-2017 - Professor Michael (Mike) Brooks
1936-2017
2016
- Professor Chris McGuigan
1958-2016 - Professor Julian William Thomas Wimpenny
1936-2016 - Sir Aubrey Fiennes Trotman-Dickenson
1926-2016 - Professor Hazel Prichard
1954-2016
2015
- Professor Alan Clarke
1963-2015 - Dr Bishnupada Pal Choudhury
1930-2015 - Dr Damian Pryor
1962-2015 - Professor Frank Trombley
1947-2015 - Professor Denis Towill
1933-2015
2014
- Anne Cluysenaar
1936-2014 - Patricia Elsie Davies
1938-2014 - Professor Michael O'Hara
1933-2014 - John Frankland Rigby
1933-2014 - Jo Smart
1977-2014 - Professor Eric Whittle
1927-2014 - Peter Thomas
1935-2014 - Professor Meirion Wyn Roberts
1931-2014 - Professor Jonathan Osmond
1953-2014 - Dr Simon Griffey
1958-2014 - Terence Hawkes
1932-2014 - Dr Mark A Jervis
1952-2014
2013
- Professor David R Williams
1940-2013 - Angela Toby
1959-2013 - Alexander Michael Davidson
1944-2013 - Dr Tom Parry Jones
1935-2013 - William H John (Bill)
1923-2013
2012
- Professor Paul Spencer
1935-2012 - Professor Jeremy Alden
1943-2012 - Norman Williams
1939-2012 - Dr Francis Biley
1958-2012 - Professor Alfred Douglas White
1941-2012 - Dr David Bryant
1941-2012 - Sara Cater
1961-2012 - Anthony Coxon
1938-2012 - Professor David Michael Rowe
1939-2012 - Professor Michael Stephen Patrick Eastham
1937-2012 - Professor Peter Thomas Haskell
1923-2012 - Gordon Irvine
1924-2012
2011
- Dr Katrin Buerger
1978-2011 - Nathaniel Rowson
1979-2011 - Denis Price
1950-2011 - Professor Tudor Griffith
1951-2011 - Dr Ivor Harrison
1931-2011 - Professor John Miller
1900-2011 - Leon Kane Maguire
1942-2011 - Emeritus Professor Frederic J Jones
1925-2011
2010
- Professor Benjamin Isaac George Barr
1942-2010 - The Rt Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill
1933-2010 - Dr Denis D’Auria
1946-2010 - John Kenyon Roberts
1940-2010 - Martin Evans
1950-2010 - Professor Nicholas John Fiddian
1948-2010 - Dr Jennifer Gunning
1944-2010
2009
- Trevor Watkins
1927-2009 - Professor Peter Walcot
1931-2009 - Professor John Pathy
1923-2009 - Barbara Anna Geddes
1949-2009 - Lee O'Brien
1961-2009 - Sir Bryan Hopkin
1914-2009 - Graham L. Jones
1935-2009
2008
- Alan Stevens
1925-2008 - John W. Perkins
1935-2008 - Charles Elliott
1919-2008 - Richard Parfitt
1958-2008 - Sheila Miller
1938-2008 - Dr David Kelly
1955-2008 - Professor Ursula Henriques
1914-2008 - Alun Hoddinott CBE
1929-2008
2007
- Robert Atkins
1943-2007 - Dr. Tom Woollam
1979-2007 - Professor John Bates
1924-2007 - Ward, Paul
1968-2007 - Dr James Thomas
1971-2007 - H Colin Thomas
1947-2007 - Professor Brian Cooke
1920-2007 - Professor Stephen Crow
1934-2007 - Professor Ron Edwards
1930-2007 - Michael Quinn
1921-2007 - Dr. Christopher Powell
1937-2007 - Professor John Percival
1937-2007 - Professor Howard Jones
1918-2007
2006
- Professor Terry Coakley
1940-2006 - Dr Gaynor Davies
1967-2006 - Professor Hadyn Ellis
1945-2006 - Sheila Foley
1950-2006 - Dr Timothy Griffiths
1957-2006 - Dr Geoff Newman
1943-2006
2005
- Professor Richard Whipp
1954-2005 - Remo Catani
1938-2005
2026
- Dr Helen Hodges
1974-2026 - Professor Colin H. Williams
1950-2026
2025
- Baroness Jenny Randerson
1948-2025 - Sue Campbell
1940-2025 - Dr Robert Steadman
1956-2025 - Professor Bhushan Karihaloo
1943-2025
2024
- David English
1950-2024 - Professor Binglin Zhong
1951-2024 - Professor Peter Ghazal OBE FMedSci
1961-2024 - Professor Sir Mansel Aylward CB
1942-2024 - Dr Kerry Moore
1978-2024 - Robert van Deursen
1958-2024 - Janet Richards
1947-2024 - Gwyn Haydn Rhys
1932-2024 - Yehuda Bauer
1926-2024 - Mick Bruton
1938-2024
2023
- Professor Mike Bruford
1963-2023 - Sir (Eric) Brian Smith
1933-2023 - Professor Dame Teresa (Terry) Rees FLSW FAcSS
1949-2023 - Olaoluwa “Laolu” Abdulrahman Alatise
1995-2023 - Allyson Jayne Capron
1980-2023
2022
- Dr Rachel Coombe
1958-2022 - Professor Gwynedd O. Pierce
1921-2022 - Professor Dylan M Jones OBE DSc
1948-2022 - Professor John Radford
1953-2022 - Kevin Stagg
1958-2022
2021
- Dr David R Lees
1942-2021 - Catherine Belsey
1940-2021 - Professor Humphrey Palmer
1930-2021 - Helen Ceridwen Saunders
1960-2021 - Dr Philip Buckle
1968-2021 - John Potts
1947-2021 - Professor Brian Joseph Brinkworth CEng FREng FRAeS FIMechE FEI
1932-2021
2020
- Neil Wellard
1957-2020 - James Young
1950-2020 - Mary Pearce
1949-2020 - Bernard Mallows MBE
1940-2020 - Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas FRS
1932-2020 - Dr Tina Gambling
1970-2020 - Dr Philippa Coales
1959-2020 - Professor John Gwynfor Jones
1936-2020
2019
- Professor Tom Keenoy
1944-2019 - Professor Barry Wilkinson
1956-2019 - Andrew Belsey
1942-2019 - Dr Reg Hinkley
1947-2019 - John Lake Moore
1936-2019
2018
- Malcolm Anderson
1970-2018 - Professor John Tyrrell
1942-2018 - Michael Durrant
1934-2018 - Professor R. (Bob) F. Churchhouse CBE
1927-2018 - Professor Christopher Peter Morley, BA, DPhil
1957-2018 - Eric Markland
1923-2018 - Professor Christopher Hooley FRS
1928-2018 - Professor Paul Bradley
1955-2018 - Dr John Etherington
1937-2018 - Brian Hooper
1954-2018
2017
- Don Barry
1944-2017 - Robert Maynard Jones
1929-2017 - Gwyn Ingli James
1928-2017 - Professor David Garel Rhys CBE
1940-2017 - Professor Peter Wells CBE
1936-2017 - Professor Kenneth Gloag
1960-2017 - Michael Chiles
1936-2017 - Professor David Moffat
1921-2017 - Honorary Distinguished Professor David Vernon Morgan
1941-2017 - Sir Donald Walters
1925-2017 - Dr J R (Dick) Dickinson
1952-2017 - Professor Michael (Mike) Brooks
1936-2017
2016
- Professor Chris McGuigan
1958-2016 - Professor Julian William Thomas Wimpenny
1936-2016 - Sir Aubrey Fiennes Trotman-Dickenson
1926-2016 - Professor Hazel Prichard
1954-2016
2015
- Professor Alan Clarke
1963-2015 - Dr Bishnupada Pal Choudhury
1930-2015 - Dr Damian Pryor
1962-2015 - Professor Frank Trombley
1947-2015 - Professor Denis Towill
1933-2015
2014
- Anne Cluysenaar
1936-2014 - Patricia Elsie Davies
1938-2014 - Professor Michael O'Hara
1933-2014 - John Frankland Rigby
1933-2014 - Jo Smart
1977-2014 - Professor Eric Whittle
1927-2014 - Peter Thomas
1935-2014 - Professor Meirion Wyn Roberts
1931-2014 - Professor Jonathan Osmond
1953-2014 - Dr Simon Griffey
1958-2014 - Terence Hawkes
1932-2014 - Dr Mark A Jervis
1952-2014
2013
- Professor David R Williams
1940-2013 - Angela Toby
1959-2013 - Alexander Michael Davidson
1944-2013 - Dr Tom Parry Jones
1935-2013 - William H John (Bill)
1923-2013
2012
- Professor Paul Spencer
1935-2012 - Professor Jeremy Alden
1943-2012 - Norman Williams
1939-2012 - Dr Francis Biley
1958-2012 - Professor Alfred Douglas White
1941-2012 - Dr David Bryant
1941-2012 - Sara Cater
1961-2012 - Anthony Coxon
1938-2012 - Professor David Michael Rowe
1939-2012 - Professor Michael Stephen Patrick Eastham
1937-2012 - Professor Peter Thomas Haskell
1923-2012 - Gordon Irvine
1924-2012
2011
- Dr Katrin Buerger
1978-2011 - Nathaniel Rowson
1979-2011 - Denis Price
1950-2011 - Professor Tudor Griffith
1951-2011 - Dr Ivor Harrison
1931-2011 - Professor John Miller
1900-2011 - Leon Kane Maguire
1942-2011 - Emeritus Professor Frederic J Jones
1925-2011
2010
- Professor Benjamin Isaac George Barr
1942-2010 - The Rt Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill
1933-2010 - Dr Denis D’Auria
1946-2010 - John Kenyon Roberts
1940-2010 - Martin Evans
1950-2010 - Professor Nicholas John Fiddian
1948-2010 - Dr Jennifer Gunning
1944-2010
2009
- Trevor Watkins
1927-2009 - Professor Peter Walcot
1931-2009 - Professor John Pathy
1923-2009 - Barbara Anna Geddes
1949-2009 - Lee O'Brien
1961-2009 - Sir Bryan Hopkin
1914-2009 - Graham L. Jones
1935-2009
2008
- Alan Stevens
1925-2008 - John W. Perkins
1935-2008 - Charles Elliott
1919-2008 - Richard Parfitt
1958-2008 - Sheila Miller
1938-2008 - Dr David Kelly
1955-2008 - Professor Ursula Henriques
1914-2008 - Alun Hoddinott CBE
1929-2008
2007
- Robert Atkins
1943-2007 - Dr. Tom Woollam
1979-2007 - Professor John Bates
1924-2007 - Ward, Paul
1968-2007 - Dr James Thomas
1971-2007 - H Colin Thomas
1947-2007 - Professor Brian Cooke
1920-2007 - Professor Stephen Crow
1934-2007 - Professor Ron Edwards
1930-2007 - Michael Quinn
1921-2007 - Dr. Christopher Powell
1937-2007 - Professor John Percival
1937-2007 - Professor Howard Jones
1918-2007
2006
- Professor Terry Coakley
1940-2006 - Dr Gaynor Davies
1967-2006 - Professor Hadyn Ellis
1945-2006 - Sheila Foley
1950-2006 - Dr Timothy Griffiths
1957-2006 - Dr Geoff Newman
1943-2006
2005
- Professor Richard Whipp
1954-2005 - Remo Catani
1938-2005