Dr John L Archibald obituary
29 December 1935 鈥� 20 October 2024
John Leheup Archibald, Bsc, PhD, FRSC
John was born in Fulham in December 1935. He won a scholarship to Emanuel School in 1947 and chose 乐天堂app下载 science stream. He studied chemistry at Chelsea College, London University, from 1954-57 and joined 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry in 1958.
In November 1960, he gained his PhD from 乐天堂app下载 University of London, for his research in heterocyclic chemistry. He was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship at 乐天堂app下载 National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and moved to Ottawa with his new wife, Judy. After completing this Fellowship, he accepted a medicinal chemistry position at Wyeth Laboratories, Radnor, Pennsylvania in January 1963.
John and Judy returned to England in January 1966, and he transferred to Wyeth Laboratories, Taplow, Berkshire. His career at Wyeth progressed to becoming Director of Chemical Research and Development, and he retired in 1995. During his working life, he accumulated over 100 patents and numerous scientific research publications.
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