Donald Bannerman Macleod (21 July 1887 – 8 March 1972) was a New Zealand
molecular physicist.
Early life and education
Born at
Doyleston, near
Christchurch
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, in 1887, Macleod studied at
Canterbury University College
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, graduating with an
MA with first-class honours in chemistry in 1910.
Academic career
Following his graduation, Macleod was appointed as a lecturer in physics at Canterbury and worked there until his retirement in 1953 as an associate professor. He had a research collaboration with Professor
Coleridge Farr
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Early life and career
Farr was born the youngest son of (Anglican) Rev. George Henry Farr and Julia Warren ...
from 1911 to 1936.
In 1922 Macleod was awarded a
DSc DSC or Dsc may refer to:
Education
* Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)
* District Selection Committee, an entrance exam in India
* Doctor of Surgical Chiropody, superseded in the 1960s by Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
Educational institutions
* Dyal Sin ...
from Canterbury University College.
His work covered the viscosity of sulphur and the internal pressure of liquids.
He was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
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in 1935
and in 1940 he was awarded the society's
Hector Medal
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for his work in the field of molecular physics.
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References
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1887 births
1972 deaths
People from Doyleston
University of Canterbury alumni
Academic staff of the University of Canterbury
Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand
New Zealand physicists
Thermodynamicists
20th-century New Zealand physicists