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Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones

Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones rather than just read about it. In short: Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones (1895–1970) was an Australian organic chemist and academic, notable for his pioneering work in the field of essential oils from Queensland flora natural products. Early life Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones was born on 14 July 1895 in Owens Gap, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, the son of Thomas Jones a schoolteacher and his wife Margaret Bell.

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Reference excerpt

Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones (1895–1970) was an Australian organic chemist and academic, notable for his pioneering work in the field of essential oils from Queensland flora natural products.

Early life Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones was born on 14 July 1895 in Owens Gap, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, the son of Thomas Jones a schoolteacher and his wife Margaret Bell. He attended Newcastle High School, where he won prizes in his junior and senior years. He entered the University of Sydney in 1912 where he studied his BSc, graduating with first class honours in mathematics and chemistry in 1915 and winning the Levy Scholarship for chemistry and physics, the Slade Prize for practical chemistry, the Caird Scholarship for chemistry II and the University medals for mathematics and chemistry. In 1915, Jones was awarded a government research scholarship and was appointed an assistant lecturer and demonstrator at the University of Queensland.

World War I Service Jones was selected as one of a group of chemists to be sent to England to undertake research for the munitions factories. His work at the HM factory Gretna on the manufacture of nitroglycerin, led to further work on solvent recovery, including that of cordite. At the end of the war he was admitted an associate of the British Chemical Institute (BCI) for his service. He returned to Australia in 1919, resuming his work and was promoted to lecturer in 1921. He earned his DSc from the University of Sydney in 1926.

Later career Jones was awarded the H. G. Smith Memorial Medal by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) in 1930. He served as president of the Queensland branch of the ACI (1938–39) and the president of the Australian branch in 1939. Jones was promoted to professor and head of the chemistry department at the University of Queensland in 1940, following the death of Professor L.S. Bagster. He was appointed a member of the University Senate from 1944 to 1968, the dean of the Faculty of Science from 1942 to 1949 and 1960–61. He was president of the professorial board from 1951 to 1956, and served on every senior committee, including that of the library for twelve years. As acting president of the professorial board in April 1957, he addressed a public meeting of 2500 people in Brisbane's City Hall, protesting a new bill of the then Gair government, which threatened the university's ability to make autonomous appointments. Jones was awarded a CBE in 1960 and retired in 1965. He received an honorary LLD from the University of Queensland in 1960 and the University of Newcastle in 1966. He published over 40 papers during his career.

Personal life Jones married Vera Haines, a dispensing chemist in Gympie in 1923. They had two children. He died on 11 August 1970 in Brisbane.

Legacy Jones was honoured with a stone grotesque in the Great Court of the University of Queensland placed on the Forgan Smith building. An annual lecture is presented in his name at the University of Queensland in the School of Chemistry of Molecular Biosciences.

Memberships Biochemical Society, London American Chemical Society Grandmaster, United Grand Masonic Lodge of Queensland

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones

In research: Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Thomas Gilbert Henry Jones is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1895 births, 1970 deaths, 20th-century Australian chemists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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