People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

8 September, 1939
Auckland, New Zealand

Death

8 February, 2020 (aged 80)
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.

• New Zealander

Occupation

• academic
• chemist
• organic chemist

Awards

• A. J. Birch Medal (Royal Australian Chemical Institute)
• H. G. Smith Memorial Medal (Royal Australian Chemical Institute)
• Flintoff medal (Royal Society of Chemistry)
• Archibald Olle Prize (Royal Society of New South Wales)
• David Craig Medal (Australian Academy of Science)
• Robert Robinson Award (Royal Society of Chemistry)
• Companion of the Order of Australia
• Matthew Flinders Medal (Australian Academy of Science)

Key Organisations

• Australian Academy of Science
• Royal Society of London (UK)
• Royal Society of New Zealand
• Royal Society of Chemistry

Workplaces

• University of Adelaide (chemistry)
• Australian National University (chemistry)
• Australian National University (organic chemistry)