John Reader Hosking
| John Reader Hosking | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 July 1896 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. 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]
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