The Society is saddened to hear of the death of Richard Hellon, who passed away at the age of 94. He was a physiologist at the National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK. Hellon studied the central nervous system, using electrophysiological techniques to investigate the processing of thermal sensory information in rats, cats, humans and vampire bats and uncovered the underlying mechanisms of somatosensory sensations, including that of pain. He also explored how fever was regulated. He was a member of The Society and published prolifically in The Journal of Physiology from 1950s to early 1980s.

Hellon was also involved with the Brain Function Research Group at University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, helping them develop their research focus. The group have named their communal room after Hellon.