Geoffrey Hind

Geoffrey Hind of Greenport died Thursday, April 18, 2024. He was 87.

Geoffrey was born on April 7, 1937 in Farnworth, Lancashire, United Kingdom, to Bessie (Bell) and Gerald Hind. He was an only child. He graduated high school from the Bolton School in the United Kingdom. After high school he attended Cambridge University, where he attained his master’s degree. From there he attended Queen Mary College in London where he attained his doctorate degree. He worked at John’s Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., for his post-doctoral from 1962 to 1963, then moved on to Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y., where he was a senior scientist from 1964 to his retirement in 2004. Family said he enjoyed early music, the piano, the organ, the harpsichord, choirs and gardening.

Geoffrey is survived by his wife, Bonnie (Hulse) Hind; and cousins Yvonne Bryce of Bolton, U.K., and Jonathan Brown of West Aughton, U.K.

Services will be private. DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold is assisting the family.