Background
Hewgill, Frank Richmond was born on September 21, 1929 in Adelaide, Australia. Son of Rupert Percy and Ellen Elford (Baker) Hewgill.
Hewgill, Frank Richmond was born on September 21, 1929 in Adelaide, Australia. Son of Rupert Percy and Ellen Elford (Baker) Hewgill.
Bachelor, Cambridge (England) University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Adelaide, Australia, 1955.
Senior research officer, Commonwealth Antioxidant Research Project, Adelaide, 1956-1958; lecturer, U. Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia, 1959-1964; senior lecturer, U. Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia, 1965-1969; reader in organic chemistry, U. Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia, 1970-1994; honorary senior research fellow, U. Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia, since 1995; head department organic chemistry, U. Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia, 1979-1981. Royal Society travelling fellow, 1970.
Member Royal Society Chemistry, New York Academy Sciences.
Married Elizabeth Constance Barrett, November 28, 1958. Children: James, Catherine, Anna.