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RefNoEC/1935/15
Previous numbersCert XIV, 196; A05945
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TitleRead, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationKnown for his research work in organic chemistry, pursued actively for the past twenty-five years in the Universities of Cambridge, Sydney and St Andrews. His researches (80 Memoirs) cover wide and important fields, including (a) Optical activity; (b) Formation of halogenohydrins from unsaturated compounds; (c) Investigation of Australian products, including eucalyptus oils, marine fibre, Papuan petroleum; (d) Terpene chemistry. Built and developed the Sydney organic chemistry school. His discoveries in pure and organic chemistry include: - Resolution of simple asymmetric compounds; Sterochemistry of the hydrobenzoin series; Stereoisomeric menthones, menthols, menthylanimes, etc, Syntheses of puerperitols, alpha-phellandranes, etc, and the theory of their biochemical origin. Author of various literary works, including publications on historical chemistry.
ProposersJ C Irvine; W J Pope; Alex McKenzie; James Walker; G G Henderson; James Kendall; H Stanley Allen; J Norman Collie; F G Donnan; G T Morgan; Robert Robertson; E F Armstrong; T M Lowry; R Robinson; C K Ingold; J T Wilson
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Read, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA1805Read; John (1884 - 1963)1884 - 1963
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