text: After a BSc and a MSc in organic chemistry he worked for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, before earning a scholarship to go to the University of Liverpool for a PhD under Thomas Percy Hilditch, studying fish liver oils and fats from farm animals.
  After his retirement in 1969, he held several honorary posts at Victoria University of Wellington. He died on 8 June 1999 and was cremated at Karori Crematorium.