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Sir Frederick John Llewellyn
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(29 April 1915 – 15 November 1988) was an English chemist and academic administrator who spent some of his career in New Zealand.


Biography

Llewellyn was born in 1915. His father was Ernest Barrett Llewellyn. He received his education at
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Grammar School. He attended the
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, from where he graduated with a BSc (1st class honours). At the same university, he received a PhD and a DSc. He lectured at
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in London in chemistry from 1939 to 1945. From 1941 to 1946, he researched explosives for the
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. He was a research fellow for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) from 1946 to 1947. In 1947, he moved to the
University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...
to take the Chair in Chemistry and stayed there until 1955. From 1956 to 1961, he was at the
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to become their first
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and Rector. From 1962 to 1965, he was chairman of the
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. He returned to the UK to become the Vice-Chancellor at the
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from 1966 to 1972. Following Exeter, he became Director General of the British Council. In 1962, Llewellyn was one of the three inaugural recipients of an honorary doctorate from the University of Canterbury, receiving a
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(LLD). In 1966,
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conferred the same honorary degree on him. In the 1974 Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the
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(KCMG).


Family and death

In 1939, he married Joyce Barrett; they were to have one son and one daughter. He died on 15 November 1988.


See also

* List of honorary doctors of the University of Canterbury *
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Llewellyn, John 1915 births 1988 deaths Academics of Birkbeck, University of London University of Auckland faculty Vice-Chancellors of the University of Exeter Vice-Chancellors of the University of Canterbury People of the British Council