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''''Cedric Herbert Hassall''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS|size=85%}} (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 [[University of Auckland|Auckland University College]], graduating [[Master of Science]] in 1942, and took a course at [[Auckland College of Education|Auckland Teachers' Training College]].<ref name="ENZ 1966">{{cite book |editor-last=McLintock |editor-first=A.H. | chapter=Expatriates – biographies |title=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/expatriates-biographies/page-32 |accessdate=30 April 2016 |year=1966 |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage}}</ref> 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.<ref name="ENZ 1966"/> He served on the advisory board of Bee Vital.<ref>http://www.beevitalpropolis.com/about-us/scientific-advisory-board/</ref> He started the Gregynog Natural Products Symposia in 1967.<ref>http://www.esboc.org.uk/?page_id=5</ref> A scholarship<ref>http://myspot.mona.uwi.edu/fpas/cedric-hassall-scholarship</ref> and lecture have been named after him.<ref>http://www.esboc.org/wordpress/?p=154</ref> Professor Hassall died on 5 September 2017. ==Works== *''Chemistry in the service of medicine'', University College of Swansea, 1958, {{ISBN|978-0-901626-21-9}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://wwwchem.uwimona.edu.jm/chassll.html Professor Cedric Hassall], University of The West Indies, Mona {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassall, Cedric}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:People from Auckland]] [[Category:New Zealand chemists]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]] [[Category:University of Auckland alumni]] [[Category:University of the West Indies academics]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People educated at Auckland Grammar School]] [[Category:University of Otago faculty]] [[Category:Academics of Swansea University]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge]] {{NewZealand-scientist-stub}}'