The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 280 No 7485 p64-65
19 January 2008

Society summary

DEATHS

TRIBUTES

Brown On 27 December 2007, William Robert Laing Brown, FRPharmS, aged 81, of 5 Mulloch View, Dinnet, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire AB34 5GG. Dr Brown registered in 1948. Dr Brown was a former president of the Guild of Hospital Pharmacists.

Cameron On 19 December 2007, John Wilson Fletcher Cameron, MRPharmS, aged 94, of 20 St Lukes Close, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 6GR. Mr Cameron registered in 1939.

Heap On 6 December 2007, Niamh Elizabeth Heap, MRPharmS, aged 50, of The Foxgloves, St Lawrence Lane, Burgh-by-Sands, Carlisle CA5 6BT. Mrs Heap registered in 1979.

Jackson On 24 December 2007, William Arthur Jackson, FRPharmS, aged 80, of 13 Bournelea Avenue, Burnage, Manchester M19 1AE. Mr Jackson registered in 1951. Mr Jackson was a former president of the British Society for the History of Pharmacy. (See tribute below.)

Rowe On 21 December 2007, Harold Archibald Rowe, MRPharmS, aged 91, of 18 Weston Park Road, Peverell, Plymouth PL3 4NT. Mr Rowe registered in 1938. (See tribute)

Wylie On 18 December 2007, James Wylie, MRPharmS, aged 72, of 6 Greenfield Drive, Irvine, Ayrshire KA12 0EE. Mr Wylie registered in 1960.

Tributes

Jackson In a tribute to the late William Arthur Jackson, D. A. HUTTON writes:

The death of Bill Jackson, just before Christmas, is a great loss for his wife Audrey, their family and friends, and for the study of the history of pharmacy in Britain

A graduate of Manchester University, Bill was registered as FPS in 1951, practised briefly in industry, then as a community pharmacist until his retirement, when he gained an MSc from Manchester University with a treatise on the stomach pump.

All his adult life, he collected pharmaceutical and medical artefacts and literature, the source and inspiration of much of his published work. As a very knowledgeable collector and historian, always ready to loan items for exhibitions both here and abroad, and to give help and advice, he gained an international reputation and many friends.

He was a very active member of the British Society for History of Pharmacy, a committee member for many years, and its president from 1991–92. He was a recipient of the Leslie Matthews medal, and a member of the International Academy for the History of Pharmacy.

For many years, he was honorary (later emeritus) curator of Manchester University medical museum, for which he organised many exhibitions. He was the author of “The Victorian Chemist and Druggist” (1981) and contributed over 30 articles to Pharmaceutical Historian and many more to publications in the UK, Australia and the US.

His writings, carefully researched and documented, illuminated obscure areas of pharmaceutical history with humour and, occasionally, bravery. In the spirit of true scientific curiosity, he tested one invention, the Neu-Vita Occuliser for frictional massage of the eyeball, with uncomfortable results.

Though stricken with poliomyelitis as a child, with its life long consequences, wherever Bill was, there was always laughter and wisdom.

Rowe In a tribute to the late Harold Archibald Rowe, E. C. BURROW writes:

By the death of Harold Arbichald Rowe, the Plymouth branch has lost one of its senior members. Archie served his apprenticeship with Balkwill & Co, of Plymouth. After qualifying as a pharmacist, Archie spent a while at Bognor Regis. He volunteered for the army and was stationed at the Tower of London before being sent to India. Soon after Archie bought a pharmacy in King Street, Plymouth.

He was chairman of the Plymouth branch in 1964 and continued to attend lectures after his 90th birthday.