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==Works== |
==Works== |
Revision as of 23:54, 16 December 2017
Cedric Herbert Hassall FRS (6 December 1919 - 5 September 2017) was a New Zealand chemist.
Life
Born in Auckland on 6 December 1919, Hassall was educated at Auckland Grammar School. He then studied at Auckland University College, graduating Master of Science in 1942, and took a course at Auckland Teachers' Training College.[1]
After lecturing in chemistry at the University of Otago from 1942 to 1945, Hassall completed a PhD in chemistry at the University of Cambridge. In 1948 he was appointed professor of chemistry at the University of the West Indies, and in 1957 he moved to the University College of Swansea to take up the post as professor and head of chemistry.[1]
He served on the advisory board of Bee Vital.[2] He started the Gregynog Natural Products Symposia in 1967.[3]
A scholarship[4] and lecture have been named after him.[5]
Professor Hassall died on 5 September 2017.[6]
Works
- Chemistry in the service of medicine, University College of Swansea, 1958, ISBN 978-0-901626-21-9
References
- ^ a b McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Expatriates – biographies". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ http://www.beevitalpropolis.com/about-us/scientific-advisory-board/
- ^ http://www.esboc.org.uk/?page_id=5
- ^ http://myspot.mona.uwi.edu/fpas/cedric-hassall-scholarship
- ^ http://www.esboc.org/wordpress/?p=154
- ^ "Cedric Hassall". Retrieved 16 December 2017.
External links
- Professor Cedric Hassall, University of The West Indies, Mona
- 1919 births
- People from Auckland
- New Zealand chemists
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- University of Auckland alumni
- University of the West Indies academics
- 2017 deaths
- People educated at Auckland Grammar School
- University of Otago faculty
- Academics of Swansea University
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- New Zealand scientist stubs