Cedric Hassall

Cedric Herbert Hassall FRS (6 December 1919 – 5 September 2017) was a New Zealand chemist.

Life

Born in Auckland on 6 December 1919, Hassall was educated at Auckland Grammar School. He then studied at Auckland University College, graduating Master of Science in 1942, and took a course at Auckland Teachers' Training College.[1]

After lecturing in chemistry at the University of Otago from 1942 to 1945, Hassall completed a PhD in chemistry at the University of Cambridge. In 1948 he was appointed professor of chemistry at the University of the West Indies, and in 1957 he moved to the University College of Swansea to take up the post as professor and head of chemistry.[1]

He served on the advisory board of Bee Vital.[2] He started the Gregynog Natural Products Symposia in 1967.[3]

A scholarship[4] and lecture have been named after him.[5]

Professor Hassall died on 5 September 2017.[6]

Works
  • Chemistry in the service of medicine, University College of Swansea, 1958, ISBN 978-0-901626-21-9

References
  1. McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Expatriates – biographies". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  2. "The Scientific Advisory Board :: Bee Vital :: Sustainable Medicine". www.beevitalpropolis.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. "About ESBOC – ESBOC". Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. "The Cedric Hassall Scholarship | The Faculty of Science and Technology". www.mona.uwi.edu. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. "ESBOC – European Symposium on Biological and Organic Chemistry". Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  6. "Cedric Hassall". Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.


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