Arthur Birch

Birch, Arthur

 

Born Aug. 3, 1915, in Sydney. Australian organic chemist. Member of the Australian Academy of Sciences (1954).

In 1937, Birch graduated from the University of Sydney; he was a professor of organic chemistry at the university from 1952 to 1955. From 1955 to 1967 he was a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Manchester, and in 1970 he became a professor and the dean of the Institute of Applied Research at the Australian National University in Canberra. Birch’s principal works deal with the synthesis of natural compounds. He studied the reduction of aromatic compounds into dihydroaromatic compounds by the action of sodium and alcohol in a medium of liquid ammonia (the Birch reduction).

Birch became a fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1958 and a foreign member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1976.

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Owned by Spencer Gollan, Moifaa - under jockey Arthur Birch - beat Kirkland, who was the last Welsh-trained horse to win the National a year later.
FOUR-STAR HEROES; Chris Wright takes a look back through history at the Grand National winners when the year ended in four
"He had been seen out drinking with Arthur Birch on several occasions and was known to keep his company.
WE WERE VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX RING; CALL FOR PROBE ON MIDLAND SEX BEASTS
When the home closed its doors in 1984, the pervert, along with four others - Colin Jeneson, Peter Brook, Eugene Devoti and Arthur Birch - thought they had got away with it.
'I just lay there, sobbing inside, waiting for it all to be over'
They missed the purposeful gleam in the eyes of jockey Arthur Birch. They failed to remember quite what was remarkable about his magnificently straight-backed and bushy moustachioed owner Spencer Gollan.
'When his owner said that Moifaa had 'a jumper's chance' in the 1904 National, he was understating things a bit. 25-1 was a steal"; Brough Scott who travelled to New Zealand to research the extraordinary tale of teh 1904 Grand national winner Moifaa, relates how the Kiwi hero took Briatin by storm
In 2001, two nightwatchmen - Arthur Birch (82), a former Desert Rat, and Eugene Devoti (79), were jailed for eight and seven years respectively for sex attacks on young boys at Tennal, which housed some of the most difficult youngsters in the region.
Police child home sex abuse inquiry widens
Moifaa's jockey Arthur Birch got crippled at Gatwick in 1906, passed away in 1911 and no current descendants have any mementos of him.
Wild horse chase; When Brough Scott travelled to the other side of the world to research a book on one of the great New Zealand chasers, he had little idea of the dead ends, false leads and red herrings that lay in his path. Here, he relates tales of his quest to discover the truths about 1904 Grand National winner Moifaa - and the nuggets of hope that lay at the end of his journey
Arthur Birch (82) was jailed for eight years last October after being convicted of preying on teenagers at the former Tennal Assessment Centre in Harborne in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Sex abuse residential home care worker, 82, dies in jail
In 2001, two nightwatchmen - Arthur Birch, now aged 82, a former Desert Rat, and Eugene Devoti, now 79, were jailed for eight and seven years respectively for a string of sex attacks on young boys at the Tennal Assessment Centre, which housed some of the most difficult youngsters in the region.
Sex abuse inquiry widens
Arthur Birch (81) was jailed for eight years and Eugene Devoti (78) was imprisoned for seven years after they were convicted of a string of sex offences.
Former care worker is jailed for abusing boys
In July, after a lengthy police investigation, music teacher Eugene Devoti (79), and care worker Arthur Birch (82), were convicted of sex attacks on teenage boys.
Victims of paedophiles could cost council pounds 1m
Sentence on Devoti's co-accused Arthur Birch (82), of Wisley Way, Quinton, Birmingham, was adjourned till October 26.
Pervert who abused boys jailed
Former Desert Rat Arthur Birch (81) and Eugene Devoti (78) were convicted by a jury yesterday of a string of sex offences against the youngsters at the Tennal Assessment Centre in Harborne.
Care home staff facing jail for years of abuse; It is right to recognise the bravery of these victims Det Insp Mark Salt
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