Francis Shorland

Francis Brian Shorland (14 July 1909 – 8 June 1999) was a New Zealand organic chemist.

Biography 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.

Honours and awards He was awarded a DSc by the University of Liverpool in 1950 and an honorary DSc by Victoria University of Wellington in 1970; a Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1951 and the Hector Medal in 1955. and in 1990 he received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. In 1969 he was awarded an honorary fellowship of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology.

Shorland Medal

In 1999 the New Zealand Association of Scientists established the Shorland Medal in Shorland's honour. It is awarded annually in recognition of a "major and continued contribution to basic or applied research that has added significantly to scientific understanding or resulted in significant benefits to society."