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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005574b.htm person Cannon Jack Richard AM AACR2 1 October 1927 8 August 2014 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Organic chemist Jack Cannon was an organic chemist whose early research was in phytochemistry. He became Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Western Australia in 1959. In parallel with his research and teaching at the University, he was instrumental in setting up phytochemical survey of plants in southern Thailand based at Prince of Songkla University. From this he became involved in facilitating the co-operation, co-ordination and communication of chemical research throughout southeast Asia. In particular he participated with UNESCO in the region and served as Australia's National Point-of-Contact 1978 - 1983. Cannon was involved in the establishment of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies, for which he was given the Federation's Citation in 1991. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the Asian Symposia on Medicinal Plants, Spices and Other Natural Products. An outcome of the 1992 Symposium, initiated by Cannon and UNESCO, was the Manila Declaration on the Ethical Utilization of Asian Biological Resources. This informed Cannon's subsequent phytochemical work, including with indigenous communities in Western Australia. [1 October 1927] [8 August 2014] Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge 1948 1948 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1950 1950 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney 1950 1951 Career position - Teaching Fellow, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Sydney 1951 1951 Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship 1955 1959 Career position - Research officer, CSIRO Division of Industrial Chemistry 1959 Career position - Senior Lecturer, University of Western Australia 1964 1964 Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI) 1973 1992 Career position - Associate Professor, School of Chemistry, University of Western Australia 1979 1979 Career position - Fellow, Federation of Asian Chemical Societies 1980 1980 Award - Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc), Prince of Songkla University, Thailand 1980 1997 Career position - Chair, International Advisory Committee, Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants, Spices and Other Natural Products 1987 2014 Career position - Fellow, Royal Society of Western Australia 1989 1989 Award - UNESCO Einstein Silver Medal 1991 1991 Award - Federation of Asian Chemical Societies Citation 1992 1992 Life event - Retired 1992 1997 Career position - Senior Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia 1996 1996 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - in recognition of service to science and technology in the field of chemical research and education and in the promotion of international co-operation among chemists in Australia and South East Asia 1996 2014 Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institution Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (1953 - )

Honorary Fellow 1996 - 2014

 Royal Society of Western Australia (1914 - )

Fellow 1987 - 2014

 The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

Associate Professor, School of Chemistry 1973 - 1992

 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship: 1951.

 'Cannon, Jack Richard', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cannon, Jack Richard Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary: Jack Cannon AM, organic chemist and promoter of international co-operation Spurling, Tom [et al.] Obituary: Jack Cannon AM, organic chemist and promoter of international co-operation 2015 Chemistry in Australia 2015 February 30