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Lamberton, John Andrew
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John Andrew Lamberton joined the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Organic Chemistry Section in 1951 and become known as an outstanding natural products chemist. His initial project at CSIRO was on plant waxes, anacardiaceous exudates and isoflavones. In 1965 Lamberton assumed responsibility for the alkaloid program that evolved from a survey of New Guinea flora. He remained at CSIRO until 1986. During his PhD Lamberton worked on the alkaloids from Acronychia baueri and Medicosma cunninghammii. The John A Lamberton Research Scholarships was founded by the University of Sydney in his honour and the University of Sydney Archives has a collection of his papers and other material.
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1942 - 1945Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Sydney
1946Demonstrator in Chemistry at the University of Queensland
1947 - 1950Student (PhD) and Senior Demonstrator at the University of Melbourne
1950Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Melbourne
1950 - 1951Postdoctoral studies at the University of Liverpool
1951 - 1986Organic Chemist at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1969Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Sydney

 
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Created: 8 February 2006
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Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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