text: In his 50-year career, Ferrier published 180 papers, reviews and books, and gave 10 invited plenary lectures at international symposia. His reviews were of particular benefit to the chemical community but perhaps of most value was the book "Monosaccharide Chemistry, written with Dr Peter Collins in 1972 and majorly updated as "Monosaccharides: Their chemistry and their roles in natural products in 1995.