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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-12-18 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006166b.htm person Thomas John OAM AACR2 26 October 1928 4 December 2017 Place of Birth United Kingdom Medicinal chemist Jack Thomas trained as a pharmacist at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. He migrated to Australia in 1963 to join the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney, retiring in 1978 as Head of the Department. In his teaching he highlighted the relevance of medicinal chemistry in a clinical setting. His research was in the fields of pharmaceutical chemistry, analytical chemistry, clinical toxicology and clinical pharmakinetics, and included a landmark series of clinical pharmacology studies on local anaesthetics conducted with Colin Climie at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney. Thomas was well-regarded for his contributions to continuing education for pharmacists and for his leadership roles in professional organisations. He was course director for the Off Shore Conferences run by the Pharmaceutical Society of New South Wales from 1977 to 1994, and was consulting editor of Australian journal of pharmacy and Australian Pharmaceutical Prescriptions Guide. 1963 1963 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1963 1978 Career position - Senior Lecturer (later Associate Professor), Department of Pharmacy, University of Sydney 1973 1976 Career position - Acting Head, Department of Pharmacy, University of Sydney 1976 1978 Career position - Head, Department of Pharmacy, University of Sydney 1978 1978 Life event - Retired 2000 2000 Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - for service to the pharmacy profession, particularly through the continuing education of practising pharmacists The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Head of the Department of Pharmacy 1976 - 1978

 'Thomas, John (Jack)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thomas, John (Jack) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: On Dr Dick Climie and Dr Jack Thomas, and the genesis of chemical-clinical pharmacology in Australian anaesthesia research Mather, L. E. On Dr Dick Climie and Dr Jack Thomas, and the genesis of chemical-clinical pharmacology in Australian anaesthesia research 2018 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 46 Supplement 3-13