Brian Shorland
{{Short description|New Zealand organic chemist (1909–1999)}}
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| birth_name = Francis Brian Shorland
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| birth_place = Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand
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| death_place = Karaka Bay, Seatoun, Wellington, New Zealand
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| workplaces = Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
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| alma_mater = University of Liverpool
| thesis_title = The composition of some New Zealand fats with special reference to fish oils
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| thesis_year = 1937
| doctoral_advisor = Thomas Percy Hilditch
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Francis Brian Shorland {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|size=85%}} (14 July 1909 – 8 June 1999) was a New Zealand organic chemist.
Biography
After 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.{{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}}
After his retirement in 1969, he held several honorary posts at Victoria University of Wellington. He died on 8 June 1999 and was cremated at Karori Crematorium.{{cite web|title=Cemeteries search| date=12 July 2012 |url=http://wellington.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/cemeteries/cemeteries-search/details?id=67253&serviceType=Cremation|publisher=Wellington City Council|accessdate=19 August 2014}}
Honours and awards
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. 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,{{London Gazette |issue=41591 |date=1 January 1959 |page=42 |supp=y }} and in 1990 he received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. In 1969 he was awarded an honorary fellowship of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology.{{Cite web |title=NZIFST - List of Fellows |url=https://nzifst.org.nz/page-18126 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=nzifst.org.nz}}
Shorland Medal
In 1999 the New Zealand Association of Scientists established the Shorland Medal in Shorland's honour.{{Cite journal|last=Halton|first=Brian|title=Some unremembered chemists: Francis Brian Shorland, OBE, PhD, DSc (L'pool), Hon. DSc(VUW), FRSNZ (1909-1999)|url=https://scientists.org.nz/resources/Documents/NZSR/NZSR75(2-3).pdf|journal=New Zealand Science Review|date=2022 |volume=75|issue=2–3 |pages=37–42|doi=10.26686/nzsr.v75i2-3.7850 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115221924/https://scientists.org.nz/resources/Documents/NZSR/NZSR75(2-3).pdf|archive-date=2020-01-15}} It is 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."{{Cite web|title=New Zealand Association of Scientists - Shorland Medal|url=https://scientists.org.nz/Shorland-Medal|website=scientists.org.nz|access-date=2020-05-02}}
References
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Further reading
- Cameron, Joan (2014). Brian Shorland : Doyen of New Zealand science {{ISBN|978-0-473-27415-3|}}
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{{Recipients of the Hector Memorial Medal}}
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Category:New Zealand organic chemists
Category:People associated with Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand)
Category:Alumni of the University of Liverpool
Category:Victoria University of Wellington alumni
Category:Academic staff of Victoria University of Wellington
Category:New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire