Ted Chamberlain

Edward Edinborough Chamberlain (5 July 1906 – 2 April 1993) was a New Zealand plant pathologist.

Ted Chamberlain
Born
Edward Edinborough Chamberlain

(1906-07-05)5 July 1906
Masterton, New Zealand
Died2 April 1993(1993-04-02) (aged 86)
Alma materVictoria University College
Spouse(s)Geraldine Baylis (m. 1941)
AwardsHector Medal (1960)
Scientific career
FieldsPlant pathology, plant viruses
InstitutionsDepartment of Scientific and Industrial Research

Biography

Born in Masterton in 1906,[1] Chamberlain completed his MSc at Victoria University College with a thesis entitled An investigation of the nature of p-azophenol,[2] graduating in 1929.[3] He was awarded a DSc by the same institution in 1939.[3] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1959,[4] and the following year he was awarded the society's Hector Medal, the highest award in New Zealand science.[5]

In World War II, Chamberlain was called up for the New Zealand Artillery in September 1940,[6] and embarked as a sergeant with the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in mid-1941.[7] He saw four years active service in the Middle East and Italy and was commissioned while overseas.[1]

Chamberlain's engagement to Geraldine Baylis was announced a few days after he was drafted,[8] and the couple were married on 12 February 1941 at King's College chapel in Otahuhu.[9] Geraldine was also a collector of plant specimens.[10]

He died on 2 April 1993 and was buried at Purewa Cemetery in Meadowbank, Auckland.[11]

Selected publications
  • Chamberlain, E.E. (1954). Plant virus diseases in New Zealand. Auckland: DSIR.[12]
  • Chamberlain, E.E. (1947). Tomato streak. Wellington: NZ Department of Agriculture.[13]
  • Chamberlain, E.E.; Atkinson, J.D. (1959). Certification of therapeutants and plant hormones. Wellington: DSIR.[14]
  • Chamberlain, E.E.; Atkinson, J.D.; Hunter, J.A. (1964). "Cross-protection between strains of apple mosaic virus". New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 7 (4): 480–490. doi:10.1080/00288233.1964.10416375.[15]

References
  1. "Descendancy chart for Thomas & Susannah (Bull) Chamberlain" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. "Catalogue – Holdings Information". Victoria.lconz.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Ca-Cl". Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. "The Academy: A–C". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  5. "Hector Medal". Royal Society of New Zealand. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  6. "Called up: fourth draft". Auckland Star. 21 September 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  7. Nominal roll no. 4: Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (embarkations from 1st April, 1941, to 30th June, 1941). Wellington. 1941. p. 62.
  8. "Engagements". New Zealand Herald. 25 September 1940. p. 16. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  9. "Chapel wedding: Chamberlain–Baylis". New Zealand Herald. 13 February 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  10. Campbell, J. D. (March 2002). "Angiosperm fruit and leaf fossils from Miocene silcrete, Landslip Hill, northern Southland, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 32 (1): 149–154. doi:10.1080/03014223.2002.9517687. ISSN 0303-6758.
  11. "Burial & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  12. Plant virus diseases in New Zealand (Book, 1954). [WorldCat.org]. 22 February 1999. OCLC 3962884.
  13. Tomato streak (Microform, 1947). [WorldCat.org]. 22 February 1999. OCLC 156304746.
  14. Certification of therapeutants and plant hormones (Book, 1959). [WorldCat.org]. 22 February 1999. OCLC 154247220.
  15. Cross-protection between strains of apple mosaic virus (Book, 1964). [WorldCat.org]. 22 February 1999. OCLC 525085186.


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