Biography:Bob Briggs (chemist)
Bob Briggs | |
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| Born | Lindsay Heathcote Briggs 3 January 1905 Hastings, New Zealand |
| Died | 16 January 1975 (aged 70) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Contribution to the structure of strychnine; chemistry of New Zealand native plants |
| Awards | Hector Medal (1943) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Auckland |
| Thesis | (1932) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Robinson |
Lindsay Heathcote "Bob" Briggs (3 January 1905 – 16 January 1975) was a New Zealand organic chemist.
Early life
Born in Hastings in 1905,[1] Briggs was educated at Auckland Grammar School.[2]
Academic career
After graduating from Auckland University College with a Master of Science with second-class honours in 1928,[3] he received funding to research manuka oil the following year,[4] and undertook independent research at Massey Agricultural College from 1929 to 1930.
He then went to the Dyson Perrins Laboratory at Oxford University for a PhD under Robert Robinson, investigating the chemical structure of strychnine.[1] He was awarded his doctorate in 1932 and returned to Auckland, where he was appointed as a lecturer in organic chemistry in 1933.[2]
In 1941 he was awarded a DSc from Auckland University College.[3] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1942[5] and served as its president from 1956 to 1958.[6] He was awarded the Hector Medal by the society in 1943.[7] In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[8]
He was also an active member of the Auckland University field club.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McLintock, A.H., ed (1966). "Briggs, Lindsay Heathcote". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/briggs-lindsay-heathcote. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Chemistry lecturer". New Zealand Herald: p. 10. 27 March 1933. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19330327.2.116.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Bri–By". http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/university4.html.
- ↑ "Scientific research". Evening Post: p. 10. 5 March 1929. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19290305.2.86.
- ↑ "The academy: A–C". Royal Society of New Zealand. http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/organisation/academy/fellowship/fellows-1919-present/a-c/.
- ↑ "Presidents of the Royal Society of New Zealand". Royal Society of New Zealand. 2012. http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/organisation/council/presidents/.
- ↑ "Hector Medal". Royal Society of New Zealand. 20 June 2014. http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/programmes/awards/hector-medal/recipients/.
- ↑ "Coronation Medal". Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette (37): pp. 1021–1035. 3 July 1953. http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1953/37.pdf.
- ↑ Millener, Laurie (1975). "Obituary – Professor L.H. Briggs". Tane: The Journal of the Auckland University Field Club 21: 175–176. http://www.thebookshelf.auckland.ac.nz/docs/Tane/Tane-21/24%20Obituary%20-%20Professor%20L.%20H.%20Briggs.pdf. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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