John Hamilton Bowie (born 16 July 1938) is an Australian scientist and academic, best known for his contributions to research in the fields of the chemistry of negative ions in the gas phase and of bio-active

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s in skin glands. Bowie was born educated in Melbourne,''Encyclopedia of Australian Science''- Biographical Entry
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where he obtained an MSc for his work on the colouring matters of Australian plants, obtained his PhD at the

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. He subsequently took up an ICI fellowship at the

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under

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. In 1966 he was appointed to a lectureship at the

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, rising to become head of department. In 1968 he was awarded the

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for his work on the rearrangement of positively charged organic molecules. In 1974 he was awarded the H. G. Smith Memorial Medal of the

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. From 1989 to 1992 he was Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the university. In 2017 Bowie was appointed a

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for significant service to science in the field of mass spectrometry, and to education as an academic, researcher and author.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowie, John Hamilton 1938 births Academic staff of the University of Adelaide Australian chemists Living people Members of the Order of Australia