Background

Badger, Geoffrey Malcolm was born in 1916 in Port Augusta, Australia. Son of John McDougall and Laura Mary (Brooker) Badger.

Education

Master of Science, University Melbourne (Australia), 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1941. Doctor of Science, University Glasgow (Scotland), 1949.

Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Adelaide (Australia), 1980.

Career

Senior lecturer organic chemistry University Adelaide, 1949—1950, reader, 1951—1954, professor, 1954—1964, deputy vice chancellor then vice chancellor, 1966—1977, research professor, 1977—1979. Member executive Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia, 1964—1965. Chairman Australia Science and Technology Council, 1977—1982.

Consultant in field

Foundation president Friends of the Art Gallery, Adelaide, 1969—1971. President Young Musicians Trust, Adelaide, 1979—1983. Served as lieutenant Royal Navy, 1943-1946, Britain.

Achievements

• Geoffrey Malcolm Badger has been listed as a notable chemist, consultant, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Aromatic Character and Aromaticity (Cambridge Texts in Chemistry and Biochemistry)

    (Originally published in 1969, this book analyses the spec...)

  • The Structures and Reactions of the Aromatic Compounds

    (This 1954 book was the first to be devoted to the fundame...)

  • The structures & reactions of the aromatic compounds

Membership

Fellow: Royal Australian Institute Chemistry (president 1964-1965), Australian Academy of Sciences (councillor 1964-1967, secretary 1968-1972, president 1974-1978). Member: Australian College Education, Australian Academy Technological Sciences, Royal Society Chemistry, Adelaide.

Connections

Married Edith Maud Chevis Badger, April 27, 1941.

Father:

John McDougall Badger

Mother:

Laura Mary (Brooker) Badger

Spouse:

Edith Maud Chevis Badger