Victor Martin "Trik" Trikojus CBE, DSc, FAA (1902–1985) was an Australian professor of biochemistry.[1][2][3][4] He was the second professor and head of the School of Biochemistry at the University of Melbourne
Victor Trikojus
Born
5 February 1902
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
27 January 1985
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Resting place
Eltham Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Citizenship
Australian
Alma mater
University of Sydney,
University of Oxford
Known for
Thyroid hormone biochemistry
Drug synthesis
Nutrition
Awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
Scientific career
Fields
Organic chemistry,
Biochemistry
Institutions
University of Freiburg, Laboratorium des Staates, University of Sydney, University of Melbourne
Thesis
The Introduction of the Methylenedioxy Group and of Similar Groups into the Aromatic Nucleus (1927)
Doctoral advisor
William Henry Perkin, Jr.
Other academic advisors
Arnold Loeser, Heinrich Wieland, Charles George Lambie
Notable students
Catherine Anne Money
Signature
from 1943 to 1968.[5]
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"Victor Martin Trikojus, CBE, DSc, FAA". www.science.org.au.
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J.W. Legge; F. Gibson. "Victor Martin Trikojus 1902–1985". Biographical memoirs. Australian Academy of Science. Originally published in Historical Records of Australian Science, vol.6, no.4, 1987, p 519.
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"Trikojus, Victor Martin (1902–)". trove.nla.gov.au.
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"The Order of the British Empire – Commander (Civil)". It's an Honour. 1 January 1971. Science & government
^Centre, The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research. "Trikojus, Victor Martin - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry". www.asap.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
University of Melbourne from 1943 to 1968. Trikojus was born on 5 February 1902 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, to August Trikojus (1857–1911) and Charlotte (née Thompson...
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1963. She married Charles Peter Clarke on 14 August 1959. Hired by VictorTrikojus as a researcher in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Melbourne...
Working with VictorTrikojus, Lambie reported the first purification of thyroid-stimulating hormone, in 1937. He came to the defence of Trikojus when he was...
Additional key initial members included Frederick Collins as treasurer and VictorTrikojus in a recruitment role. ASBMB has hosted a yearly meeting each year...
J. (2010). Kings Chem Guide Second Edition. Perkin, William Henry; Trikojus, Victor Martin (1927). "CCXII.—A synthesis of safrole and o-safrole". Journal...
Sydney. doi:10.26190/unsworks/14477. hdl:1959.4/69845. Humphreys LR. "Trikojus, Victor Martin (Trik) (1902–1985)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra:...
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New South Wales. For services to the Performing Arts. Professor Victor Martin Trikojus, of Kew, Victoria. For services to science and to government. Winifred...
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