WRIGHT, SYDNEY EDWARD (1914-1966), pharmaceutical chemist, was born on 3 June 1914 at Waverley, Sydney, second child of Lancashire-born parents William Alfred Wright, carpenter, and his wife Emily Jane, née Hayes. After attending Sydney Boys' High School, he was apprenticed to a pharmacist with Washington H. Soul, Pattinson & Co. In 1934 Syd completed the required two years of part-time study at the University of Sydney, winning the gold medal of the Pharmaceutical Society of New South Wales. Too young to be registered as a pharmacist, he continued at university and in 1935 gained a diploma in pharmaceutical science. Once registered, he moved to Brisbane where he taught (1938-44) pharmacy at Central Technical College and studied science at the University of Queensland (B.Sc. Hons, 1942; M.Sc., 1944; D.Sc., 1963). He lectured in chemistry at the university in 1944-46. On 16 January 1943 at the Methodist Church, Clayfield, he ...

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Australian Dictionary of Biography