Sir Geoff Palmer, KT, OBE

A memorial service will be held at St Giles’ Cathedral on Friday to remember Professor Sir Geoff Palmer who died earlier this year.

The Cathedral was the venue for his ordination as a Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Scotland’s highest order of chivalry only last year.

Sir Geoff was a true pioneer, revolutionising brewing with his barley abrasion process, adopted widely across the UK, being appointed Scotland’s first Black professor in 1989 and being knighted by HM Queen Elizabeth II for services to human rights, science, and charity. Most of all he was a very nice man who did a lot of good outside his own career path.

The Cathedral is expected to be packed with an invited audience of those who wish to honour Sir Geoff’s life and legacy in attendance.

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