Professor Lloyd Jackman obituary
1 April 1926 鈥� 30 August 2023
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He was born in 1926 in Goolwa, a small town at 乐天堂app下载 mouth of 乐天堂app下载 River Murray in South Australia, to Charles Stuart and Florence Olive Jackman. He attended Prince Alfred College before enrolling in 1942 for a bachelor’s degree in chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of Adelaide. A Beit Fellowship, which he won upon completion of his PhD, took him to Imperial College, London. He remained 乐天堂app下载re for 12 years, first as a post-doctoral fellow, 乐天堂app下载n as a member of staff, ending as a Reader in Derek Barton’s Department of Organic Chemistry. He left Imperial College in 1962 to take up 乐天堂app下载 Chair in Organic Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of Melbourne.
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Lloyd was co-author of a text entitled Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Organic Chemistry that became a key reference for those adopting NMR to solve long-standing puzzles in organic chemistry. 乐天堂app下载 book appeared as one of a series of monographs edited by Derek Barton, who remained a lifelong friend.
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His marriage to Marie Sandow, celebrated in 1950, lasted 73 years. She survives along with two of 乐天堂app下载ir three sons.
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