Obituary: Thomas Charles Buckland McLeish FRS, FRSC, FInstP, FISSR (1962-2023) One of the most energetic and creative figures in the fields of both theoretical physics and science-and-religion, Prof Tom McLeish, died on the 27th February 2023. Tom’s vivacious mind, fuelled by both wonder and curiosity, defied modern disciplinary boundaries. Even his primary specialism, soft matter physics, sits at the intersection of physics, biology and chemistry— but his interests reached far wider than this. Tom’s extraordinary success in pursuing a diverse range of interests is well captured by his final job title, which he told me he could not quite believe had been permitted to choose and often delighted in sharing, ‘Chair in Natural Philosophy’ in the Department of Physics and the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University