Lindsay Heathcote Briggs

Lindsay Heathcote "Bob" Briggs (3 January 1905 – 16 January 1975) was a New Zealand organic chemist. His research focused on "the nature and constitution of chemical compounds to be found in New Zealand native flora".

Early life Born in Hastings in 1905, Briggs was educated at Hastings District High School and Auckland Grammar School.

Academic career After graduating from Auckland University College with a Master of Science with second-class honours in 1928, he received funding to research manuka oil the following year, and undertook independent research at Massey Agricultural College and served as its president from 1956 to 1958. and became its president in 1959. In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. He was also president of the Auckland Science Teachers Association and the Auckland Referees Association.