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Sunday, June 15, 2025

Sir Godfrey Henry Oliver Palmer, KT, OBE 1940-2025

 Sir Godfrey Henry Oliver Palmer, KT, OBE, who died 12 June, 2025, aged 85, was a Jamaican-British academic and human rights activist who was professor emeritus in the School of Life Sciences at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Universally known as 'Geoff', he was knighted in 2014, and a decade later, in March 2024, His Majesty the King appointed him a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Scotland's Highest Order of chivalry.

His death leaves one vacancy among the sixteen Knights and Ladies of the order.

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