This site is a tribute to Paul Gray BSc, MSc, DSc, FRIC, FRSC. He is very much loved and will always be remembered as a witty, clever, loving and caring man. Paul lived to be almost 90 years old and was a Scientist, Honorary Adviser for Sustainable Development and Clean Technologies to Prince Laurent of Belgium, Former Chairman of the Belgian branch of the RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry), EU civil servant and Director of European Union Research programmes on Environment & Climate, and Marine Science and Technology, Chief Operations, Head Chemist and manager of the experimental nuclear reactor at Winfrith, Dorset, polymath, singer, musician, family man, poet, actor, playwright, DIY man, benefactor and philanthropist, and so much more. He was fondly and frequently referred to by his grandchildren as "Dr P. The Big Book of Everything".
Notwithstanding, he was a loving, dedicated husband and soul mate to Diane Lillian Gray, a kindred spirit in everything adventurous, musical, flamboyant and a little mischievous! https://diane-gray.muchloved.com/
In his youth as a visiting student, he was once told by an Augustinian monk in Worms, Germany after pointing out the damage to the cathedral from successive invading armies including during the 2nd world war, "Don't despair, Act! You, the youth of today must put this right". This was very much the maxim he followed throughout his life.
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