John Reader Hosking | |
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| Born | (1896-07-11)11 July 1896 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Died | 14 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.
The son of John Henry Hosking, a judge, Hosking was born in Dunedin in 1896.[1][2] He was part of the5th (Wellington) Regiment in theSamoan Advance Party at the outbreak ofWorld War I.[3][4] He rejoined the effort via the Australian forces in Sydney as anActing Bombardier.[5]
He gained aPhD fromAuckland University College, graduating in 1927.[6]
In 1930 Hosking returned to New Zealand from Europe and started working at theDepartment of Scientific and Industrial Research underErnest Marsden.[7]
Hosking won theHector Medal, the highest award of theRoyal 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 inHedgerley, Buckinghamshire.[12]
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