Arthur Campbell (chemist)
Arthur Campbell OBE | |
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Born | Arthur Derek Campbell 27 May 1925 Waimate, New Zealand |
Died | 20 December 2020 Dunedin, New Zealand | (aged 95)
Alma mater | University of Otago |
Spouse |
Ruth Florence Smith
(m. 1950; died 2019) |
Children | 3 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Organic microanalysis |
Institutions | University of Otago |
Thesis | Some applications of acrylonitrile (1952) |
Arthur Derek Campbell professor emeritus on his retirement.
Early life and education
Campbell was born in
Waimate High School, and then proceeded to study chemistry at the University of Otago, graduating Master of Science with second-class honours in 1948, and PhD in 1953.[1][2]
His doctoral thesis was titled Some applications of acrylonitrile.
In 1950, Campbell married Ruth Florence Smith, and the couple went on to have three children.[1][3]
Academic and research career
Campbell was a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Otago from 1948 to 1988.professor emeritus.[4]
Campbell's early research centred on
carboxylic acid derivatives.[5] However, he became interested in organic microanalysis, and developed many analytical procedures, and improved techniques for analysing perfluorinated organic compounds.[5] Campbell served as chair of the Chemical Testing Registration Advisory Committee of the Testing Laboratory Registration Council of New Zealand from 1973 to 1985.[1] Internationally, he was a Bureau Member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry from 1981 to 1989.[1] The University of Otago's Campbell Microanalytical Laboratory is named in his honour.[5]
Between 1979 and 1980, Campbell was president of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry.[1]
Later life and death
Campbell's wife, Ruth, died in Dunedin on 18 March 2019.[3] Campbell died in Dunedin on 20 December 2020.[6]
Honours and awards
In the
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to science.[7]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ "NZ university graduates 1970–1961: Ca–Cl". Shadows of Time. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Ruth Florence Campbell". Tributes Online. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ a b University of Otago Calendar (PDF). Dunedin: University of Otago. 2019. p. 114. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ a b c "Arthur D. Campbell". Otago University Research Heritage. University of Otago. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Arthur Derek Campbell". Tributes Online. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "No. 51774". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 17 June 1989. p. 32.