Biographical entry Trikojus, Victor Martin (1902 - 1985)

Summary

Victor Trikojus lectured in organic chemistry and medical organic chemistry at the University of Sydney from 1928-1943. He then moved to the University of Melbourne where he became Professor and Head of the School of Biochemistry 1943-1968.

Details

Born 5 February 1902. Died 27 January 1985. CBE 1971. Educated Universities of Sydney (BSc 1924) and Oxford (PhD 1926). Laboratorium des Staates, Munich 1927-28, lecturer, Department of Organic chemistry 1928-32, lecturer in medical organic chemistry 1932-43, professor of biochemistry, University of Melbourne 1943-68, Honorary Research Professor, then Honorary Professor 1968-, Senior Visiting Scientist, CSIRO, Prospect, New South Wales and University of Melbourne School of Chemistry 1969-70. Inaugural Chairman, Drug Sub-committee, Australian Association of Scientific Workers 1939-42, Director of Research, Medical Equipment Control Committee 1939-44. H.G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1945, Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1954.

Related entries

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Victor Martin Trikojus - Records, 1916 - 1985; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• Exhibition Papers, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/exhib_papers.htm. Details

Books

• Humphreys, L. R., Trikojus: a Scientist for Interesting Times, Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2004, 154 pp. Details
• McCarthy, Gavan; Sankey Howard, The Papers of Victor Martin Trikojus (1902-1985), 2 vols, Australian Science Archives Project, Melbourne, 1987. Details

Journal Articles

• Legge, J. W. and Gibson, F., 'Victor Martin Trikojus, 1902-1985', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 4, 1987, pp. 519-531. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870640519.htm. Details
• Trikojus, V. M., 'Alfred Gottschalk', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 3, no. 1, 1975, pp. 52-74. Details

Online Resources

• Legge, J. W. and Gibson, F., 'Victor Martin Trikojus 1902-1985', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/trikojus.html. Details
• McCarthy, Gavan; Sankey, Howard; Hughes, Miranda, Victor Martin Trikojus Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/trik/trikojus.htm. Details
• 'Trikojus, Victor Martin (1902-1985)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475628. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_t.html. Details
• Bolton, H. C., 'Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities', Australian Physicist, 1990, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/bolton2.htm. Details