Michael Hartshorn
Michael Hartshorn | |
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| Born | Michael Philip Hartshorn 10 September 1936 Keresley, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 15 December 2017 (aged 81) Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Spouse |
Jacqueline Joll (m. 1963) |
| Awards | Hector Memorial Medal (1973) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Canterbury |
| Thesis | Steroid hormone analogues (1960) |
Michael Philip Hartshorn (10 September 1936 – 15 December 2017) was a British-born New Zealand
Royal Society of New Zealand
in 1973.
Early life and education
Born in
Hartshorn married Jacqueline Joll in 1963, and the couple went on to have four sons.[4] He became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1965.[1]
Academic and research career
Hartshorn was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the
professor emeritus.[5]
Hartshorn's research centred on
chlorination of polysubstituted phenols. He also studied the reactions of cation radicals arising from the photolysis of aromatic hydrocarbons.[6]
Hartshorn was elected a fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry in 1969, and a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand the following year.[2] In 1973, he received the Hector Memorial Medal,[7] at that time the highest honour for scientific excellence awarded by the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Death
Hartshorn died in Christchurch on 15 December 2017.[4]
References
- ^ a b "New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b "All fellows: G–I". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Catalogue search". SOLO: Search Oxford Libraries Online. University of Oxford. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Michael Hartshorn death notice". The Press. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Professores emeriti". University of Canterbury Calendar (PDF). Christchurch: University of Canterbury. p. 13. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ Robinson, Ward T.; Edmonds, Michael; Saunders, Darren (April 2011). "Chemistry in Canterbury: 1986–2010" (PDF). Chemistry in New Zealand. New Zealand Institute of Chemistry: 95–101. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Hector Medal recipients". Royal Society of New Zealand. 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
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