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John Reader Hosking
Born(1896-07-11)11 July 1896
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died14 October 1946(1946-10-14) (aged 50)
Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, England

John Reader Hosking (11 July 1896 – 14 October 1946) was a New Zealand natural products chemist.

Biography

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The son of John Henry Hosking, a judge, Hosking was born in Dunedin in 1896.[1][2] He was part of the 5th (Wellington) Regiment in the Samoan Advance Party at the outbreak of World War I.[3][4] He rejoined the effort via the Australian forces in Sydney as an Acting Bombardier.[5]

He gained a PhD from Auckland University College, graduating in 1927.[6]

In 1930 Hosking returned to New Zealand from Europe and started working at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research under Ernest Marsden.[7]

Hosking won the Hector Medal, the highest award of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1937,[8][9] the award was forwarded to him in the United Kingdom, where he had returned.[10][11]

Hosking died on 14 October 1946 at his home in Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Research work". Evening Post. 6 July 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Births". Otago Witness. 16 July 1896. p. 29. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. ^ "John Reader Hosking". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 8 July 2022 – via Online Cenotaph.
  4. ^ "Hosking, John Reader - WW1 1/039 - Army". Ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Details". Aif.adfa.edu.au. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  6. ^ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Hi–Hy". Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Personal items". Evening Post. 17 December 1930. p. 15. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Royal Society awards". New Zealand Herald. 29 May 1937. p. 16. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Recipients – Hector Medal". Royal Society of New Zealand. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand [electronic resource]". Rsnz.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand [electronic resource]". Rsnz.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  12. ^ Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London: Principal Probate Registry. 1946. p. 564.


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