Lindsay Heathcote "Bob" Briggs (3 January 1905 – 16 January 1975) was a New Zealand organic chemist. His research focused on "the nature and constitution of chemical compounds to be found in New Zealand native flora". ^[1]

Early life

Born in Hastings in 1905, ^[2] Briggs was educated at Hastings District High School and Auckland Grammar School. ^{[1] [3]}

Academic career

After graduating from Auckland University College with a Master of Science with second-class honours in 1928, ^[4] he received funding to research manuka oil the following year, ^[5] and undertook independent research at Massey Agricultural College ^[1] from 1929 to 1930. He became a Fellow of the Chemical Society in London in 1929. ^[1]

He then went to the Dyson Perrins Laboratory at Oxford University for a PhD under Robert Robinson, investigating the chemical structure of strychnine. ^[2] He was awarded his doctorate in 1932 and returned to Auckland, where he was appointed as a lecturer in organic chemistry in 1933, ^[3] and remained a member of their staff until his death. ^[1]

In 1941 he was awarded a DSc from Auckland University College. ^[4] He was a member of the Auckland Institute and Museum, and was its President from 1952 to 1955. ^[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1942 ^[6] and served as its president from 1956 to 1958. ^{[7] [1]} He was a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, received the ICI Prize and Medal in 1949, ^[8] and became its president in 1959. ^[1] He was awarded the Hector Medal by the society in 1943. ^[9] In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. ^[10] He was also president of the Auckland Science Teachers Association and the Auckland Referees Association. ^[1]

He was also an active member of the Auckland University field club. ^[11]

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