August 18, 2015 Scientists Khaled Asaad Syrian scholar Died on Tuesday August 18th 2015 Other scientistsKrzysztof Pawłowski Polish politician, senator dead at age 79Branko Marušič public figure dead at age 88Michel Debost French flutist dead at age 92Finn Wagle Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman, bishop of Nidaros dead at age 84Juliet Winters Carpenter American translator dead at age 77Michael Sollis Australian musician, bowel cancer dead at age 40Stephen Owen American sinologist dead at age 79J. Craig Venter American genomics researcher, founder of Celera Corporation and JCVI, complications from cancer dead at age 79Craig Venter American genomics researcher, founder of Celera Corporation and JCVI, complications from cancer dead at age 79Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth British Anglican clergyman and life peer, bishop of Oxford and member of the House of Lords dead at age 89More from SyriaColette Khoury Syrian novelist and poet dead at age 95More from August 18, 2015Suvra MukherjeeRoger SmalleyBeata BrookesDonald Eugene O'BrienBud YorkinLouis StokesKay McFarlandWilliam Jay SmithHugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of DevonRussell Henderson Tags 18 August 2015 2015-08-18 Asaad August 18 August 2015 Khaled Scientists Syria ←Donald Eugene O’Brien George Gair→