Person
Taylor, Walter Charles (1930 - 2009)
OAM
- Born
- 11 February 1930
- Died
- 1 January 2009
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Organic chemist
Summary
Wal Taylor was an organic chemist whose research focused on natural products chemistry, including the isolation, structure determination and synthesis of constituents of plants, marine sponges and bryozoans. He was particularly interested in substances with pharmacological or other potential. Some of his discoveries are now widely used in the pharmaceutical industry. For many years Taylor worked with colleagues in Southeast Asian countries in investigating the natural products and bioactive plants in the local floras. In 1984 he became the Australian representative on the UNESCO Regional Network for Chemistry of Natural Products in South East Asia, a role he filled for over 15 years.
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Chronology
- 1951
- Education - BSc, University of Sydney
- 1952
- Education - MSC, University of Sydney
- 1956
- Education - PhD, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- 1956 - 1957
- Award - Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- 1957 - 1958
- Career position - Glaxo Fellowship, Imperial College, London
- 1958 - 1960
- Career position - Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1961 - 1967
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1964
- Award - Fulbright Fellowship, Harvard University, Boston, Connecticut, U.S.A.
- 1967
- Education - DSc, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- 1967 - 1985
- Career position - Reader in Organic Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1971
- Award - Royal Society and Nuffield Fellowship, University of Cambridge
- 1978
- Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- 1980 - 1981
- Career position - Head, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1983 -
- Career position - Australian National Point of Contact for UNESCO Regional Network for Chemistry of Natural Products in South East Asia
- 1985 - 1998
- Career position - Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1994
- Award - Einstein Silver Medal, UNESCO
- 1996
- Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to science as a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Sydney and through the UNESCO Regional Network for the Chemistry of Natural Products in South-East Asia
- 1997
- Award - Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Asia Medal
- 1998 -
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Mander, Lew, 'Walter C. Taylor', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 52 (11) (1999), 1003-4. Details
- Mander, Lew, 'Wal Taylor', Chemistry in Australia, 2009 (April) (2009), 23-4. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
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Created: 22 October 2019