Richard Conrad "Con" Cambie (born 1931) is a New Zealand natural products chemist known for his research into bioactive compounds.
Born in 1931 in Tauranga, Cambie was educated at Tauranga College.[2] He attended Auckland University College, graduating with an MSc with first-class honours in 1955 and a PhD in 1958.[3] Appointed to the staff of chemistry department at Auckland in 1958,[4] Cambie then studied at the University of Oxford, where he was awarded a DPhil in 1963.[5] He was awarded a DSc, on the basis of publications submitted, in 1964.
He returned to the University of Auckland and, following the retirement of Bob Briggs in 1969, he was appointed to a professorial chair.[6] For 17 years he also served as assistant to the vice-chancellor (student services).[7] On his retirement in 1996 Cambie was granted the title of professor emeritus.[8]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1966,[9] and the following year he was awarded the society's Hector Medal, New Zealand's highest science honour at that time.[10] He is the author or co-author of 430 scientific papers.
^Denny, William A. (William Alexander) (1969). Synthetic studies utilizing podocarpic acid (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland.
^"Schools celebrate past times". Bay of Plenty Times. 23 May 2013.
^"NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Ca–Cl". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^Cambie, R.C.; Davis, B.R. (1983). A century of chemistry at the University of Auckland. Auckland: Percival. p. 43. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^Fungal polyacetylenes. OCLC 155934882.
^Cambie, R.C.; Davis, B.R. (1983). A century of chemistry at the University of Auckland. Auckland: Percival. p. 37. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^"History". Auckland University Rugby Football Club. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^"Professores emeriti". University of Auckland. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^"The Academy: A–C". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^"Hector Medal". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
"Con" Cambie (born 1931) is a New Zealand natural products chemist known for his research into bioactive compounds. Born in 1931 in Tauranga, Cambie was...
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