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| name = Brian Shorland | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|size=100%}} | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Francis Brian Shorland | birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|07|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|06|08|1909|07|14|df=y}} | death_place = Karaka Bay, Seatoun, Wellington, New Zealand | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | fields = | workplaces = Department of Scientific and Industrial Research | patrons = | alma_mater = University of Liverpool | thesis_title = The composition of some New Zealand fats with special reference to fish oils | thesis_url = http://library.liv.ac.uk/record=b1573202~S1 | thesis_year = 1937 | doctoral_advisor = Thomas Percy Hilditch | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = Hector Medal (1955) OBE (1959) | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | spouse = | children = }} Francis Brian Shorland {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|size=85%}} (14 July 1909 – 8 June 1999) was a New Zealand organic chemist. BiographyAfter a BSc and a MSc in organic chemistry he worked for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, before earning a scholarship to go to the University of Liverpool for a PhD under Thomas Percy Hilditch, studying fish liver oils and fats from farm animals.[1] He was awarded a DSc by the University of Liverpool in 1950 and an honorary DSc by Victoria University of Wellington in 1970; a Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1951 and the Hector Medal in 1955.[1] In the 1959 New Year Honours he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his role as director of the Fats Research Institute,[2] and in 1990 he received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. After his retirement in 1969, he held several honorary posts at Victoria University of Wellington.[1] He died on 8 June 1999 and was cremated at Karori Crematorium.[3] Shorland MedalIn 1999 the New Zealand Association of Scientists established the Shorland Medal, awarded annually in recognition of a "major and continued contribution to basic or applied research that has added significantly to scientific understanding or resulted in significant benefits to society."[4]
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/publications/reports/yearbooks/year2000/obituaries/brian-shorland/ |title=Francis Brian Shorland |publisher=Royal Society of New Zealand |last1=Curtis |first1=Neil F. |last2=Mattingley |first2=Joan |year=2000 |accessdate=17 August 2014}} {{Authority control}}{{Recipients of the Hector Memorial Medal}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Shorland, Francis Brian}}2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=41591 |date=1 January 1959 |page=42 |supp=y }} 3. ^{{cite web |url= http://wellington.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/cemeteries/cemeteries-search/details?id=67253&serviceType=Cremation |title=Cemeteries search |date= |website= |publisher=Wellington City Council |accessdate=19 August 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=https://scientists.org.nz/Shorland-Medal |title=Shorland Medal |publisher=New Zealand Association of Scientists |year=2018 |accessdate=26 February 2019}} 11 : 1909 births|1999 deaths|Organic chemists|New Zealand chemists|People associated with Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand)|Alumni of the University of Liverpool|Victoria University of Wellington alumni|Victoria University of Wellington faculty|New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire|Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand|20th-century New Zealand scientists |
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