John Reader Hosking
| John Reader Hosking | |
|---|---|
| Born |
11 July 1896 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Died |
14 October 1946 (aged 50) Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Residence | New Zealand |
John Reader Hosking (11 July 1896 – 14 October 1946) was a New Zealand natural products chemist.
Biography
The son of John Henry Hosking, a judge, Hosking was born in Dunedin in 1896.[1][2] He was part of the 5th (Wellington) Regiment in the Samoan Advance Party at the outbreak of WWI.[3][4] He rejoined the effort via the Australian forces in Sydney as an Acting Bombardier.[5]
He gained a PhD from Auckland University College, graduating in 1927.[6]
In 1930 Hosking returned to New Zealand from Europe and started working at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research under Ernest Marsden.[7]
Hosking won the Hector Medal, the highest award of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1937,[8][9] the award was forwarded to him in the United Kingdom, where he had returned.[10][11]
Hosking died on 14 October 1946 at his home in Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire.[12]
References
- ↑ "Research work". Evening Post. 6 July 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "Births". Otago Witness. 16 July 1896. p. 29. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ↑ "Auckland War Memorial Museum - Hosking-John-Reader-World-War-I,-1914-1918". Muse.aucklandmuseum.com. 15 August 1914. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "Hosking, John Reader - WW1 1/039 - Army". Ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "Details". Aif.adfa.edu.au. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Hi–Hy". Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ↑ "Personal items". Evening Post. 17 December 1930. p. 15. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "Royal Society awards". New Zealand Herald. 29 May 1937. p. 16. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "Recipients – Hector Medal". Royal Society of New Zealand. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand [electronic resource]". Rsnz.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand [electronic resource]". Rsnz.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London: Principal Probate Registry. 1946. p. 564.