People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

23 December, 1919
Roseville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death

1 July, 2015 (aged 95)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

Education

• Knox Grammar School (Sydney)
• Sydney Church of England Grammar School
• University of Sydney
• University College, London

Occupation

• academic
• army officer
• chemist
• physical chemist
• theoretical chemist

Military Service

• World War II
• Sydney University Regiment

Awards

• H. G. Smith Memorial Medal (Royal Australian Chemical Institute)
• Officer of the Order of Australia
• Leighton memorial medal (Royal Australian Chemical Institute)
• Centenary Medal

Legacies

• Craig Building (ANU)
• David Craig Medal (Australian Academy of Science)

Key Organisations

• Royal Society of London (UK)
• Australian Academy of Science
• Royal Society of New South Wales

Workplaces

• University of Sydney (chemistry)
• University College, London
• Australian National University (chemistry)