John Reader Hosking
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John Reader Hosking
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Born |
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1896-07-11
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11 July 1896
Dunedin
, New Zealand
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Died |
14 October 1946
(1946-10-14)
(aged
50)
Hedgerley
,
Buckinghamshire
, England
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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 World War I . [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 .
- ↑ "John Reader Hosking" . Auckland War Memorial Museum . Retrieved 8 July 2022 – via Online Cenotaph.
- ↑ "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.
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