A memorial meeting was held for Sir John Maddox, editor emeritus of Nature, on Friday June 5 at the Royal Institution, London.

Lady Maddox, widow, Ms Imma Maddox and Ms Bronwen Maddox, daughters, Mr Bruno Maddox, son, Lord Rees of Ludlow, Dr Steve Jones, Professor David Marquand, Dr James Watson, Mr Nicholas Byam-Shaw and Dr Philip Campbell spoke during the meeting.

Among others present were: Mr Piers Maddox (son), Lucy and Laura Maddox (granddaughters), Mr and Mrs Don Maddox (brother and sister-in-law), Dr Tony Maddox, Dr Julia Rees with other members of the family.

Lord Jenkin of Roding, Lord and Lady Owen, Lord and Lady Williams of Elvel, Sir Geoffrey Allen, Professor Sir David King, Sir John Meurig Thomas, Professor Peter Atkins, Ms Sara Abdulla, Mr Simon Albury, Mr Alun Anderson, Ms Carol Barber, Ms Liz Billingham, Ms Tamara Boake, Mr Richard Bourne, Mr David Bowen, Mr Tom Burke, Mr Phil Campbell, Dr Peter Cannon-Brookes, Mr Richard Charkin, Dr Peter Collins, Professor David Cope, Dr Bernard Dixon, Mr Roger Elliott, Mr John Enderby, Mr Tim Farmiloe, Mr Jonathan Fenby, Mr Ivan Florence, Mr Jonathan Ford, Mr James Geary, Dr Dougal Goodman, Dr Oliver Grant, Professor A. C. Grayling, Mrs Valerie Grove, Mr Nigel Hawkes, Dr Robert Hawley, Mr Brian Hebblethwaite, Professor Peter Hennessy, Mr Andrew Hilton, Professor and Mrs Eric Hobsbawm, Ms Julia Hobsbawm, Mr David Howard, Mr Peter Hughes, Mr Frank James, Mr and Mrs Conrad Jameson, Mr and Mrs Alun Jones, Mr Steve Jones, Mr John Kay, Mr Caradoc King, Dr and Mrs Ralph Kohn, Ms Eleanor Lawrence, Mr and Mrs Michael Leapman, Mr Adam Lehner, Mr Paul Lewis, Mr Tim Lincoln, Mr and Mrs Peter Lynam, Mr and Mrs Alan Mackay, Ms Barbara Maddox, Ms Mary E. Manning, Mr Derwent May, Mr Nicholas Mellersh, Mr Robert Murphy, Ms Jane Mulvagh, Mr Richard Nathan, Mr Charles Wenz, Dr Cyril Nemeth, Mr Peter Newmark, Dr Phil Newton, Mr Geoffrey North, Mr Jack Crossley, Ms Kate Owen, Mr Kenneth Owen, Mr and Mrs Chris Paterson, Ms Anne Patterson, Ms Daphne Peacock, Ms Norma Percy, Ms Carla Power, Mr and Mrs Stanley Price, Mr and Mrs Hugh Purcell, Mr Huw Roberts, Ms Miranda Robertson, Mr Nick Sharman, Ms Mary Sheehan, Professor Ernst Sondheimer, Mr Tom Stacey, Professor and Mrs J. Trevor Stuart, Mr James Sutherland, Mr Andrew Sutherland, Mr and Mrs Dick Taverne, Ms Annette Thomas, Mr Anthony Tomei, Ms Deirdre Toomey, Ms Marina Vaizey, Ms Polly Vaizey McAndrew, Mr Roger Elliott, Mr and Mrs Richard Wake, Dr and Mrs James Watson, Mr John Stephens, Ms Gillian Watts, Mr and Mrs Jeremy Weston, Mr and Mrs Tom Whipple, Miss Sian Williams, Mr James Woodall, Mr Roger Woodham and Ms Ann Wroe with many more friends and former colleagues.