Edward Edinborough Chamberlain (5 July 1906 – 2 April 1993) was a New Zealand

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Biography

Born in

Masterton Masterton ( mi, Whakaoriori), a large town in the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand, operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a r ...

in 1906, Chamberlain completed his MSc at

Victoria University College Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well know ...

with a thesis entitled ''An investigation of the nature of'' p''-azophenol'', graduating in 1929. He was awarded a

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by the same institution in 1939. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1959, and the following year he was awarded the society's

Hector Medal The Hector Medal, formerly known as the Hector Memorial Medal, is a science award given by the Royal Society Te Apārangi in memory of Sir James Hector to researchers working in New Zealand. It is awarded annually in rotation for different science ...

, the highest award in New Zealand science. In

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, Chamberlain was called up for the

New Zealand Artillery The Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery is the artillery regiment of the New Zealand Army. It is effectively a military administrative corps, and can comprise multiple component regiments. This nomenclature stems from its heritage as an off ...

in September 1940, and embarked as a sergeant with the

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force The New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) was the title of the military forces sent from New Zealand to fight alongside other British Empire and Dominion troops during World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945). Ultimately, the NZE ...

in mid-1941. He saw four years active service in the Middle East and Italy and was commissioned while overseas. Chamberlain's engagement to Geraldine Baylis was announced a few days after he was drafted, and the couple were married on 12 February 1941 at King's College chapel in

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. Geraldine was also a collector of plant specimens. He died on 2 April 1993 and was buried at Purewa Cemetery in Meadowbank, Auckland.

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1906 births 1993 deaths People from Masterton 20th-century New Zealand botanists New Zealand phytopathologists Victoria University of Wellington alumni People associated with Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand) New Zealand military personnel of World War II Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand Burials at Purewa Cemetery 20th-century agronomists {{NewZealand-scientist-stub