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. He was part of the
5th (Wellington) Regiment
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in the
Samoan Advance Party at the outbreak of
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. He rejoined the effort via the Australian forces in Sydney as an
Acting Bombardier.
He gained a
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from
Auckland University College
, 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 ...
, graduating in 1927.
In 1930 Hosking returned to New Zealand from Europe and started working at the
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under
Ernest Marsden
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.
Hosking won the
Hector Medal
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, the highest award of the
Royal Society of New Zealand
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in 1937, the award was forwarded to him in the United Kingdom, where he had returned.
Hosking died on 14 October 1946 at his home in
Hedgerley
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, Buckinghamshire.
References
1896 births
1946 deaths
Scientists from Dunedin
New Zealand chemists
New Zealand military personnel of World War I
Australian military personnel of World War I
People associated with Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand)
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20th-century New Zealand scientists
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