Adrien Albert

Adrien Albert AO (19 November 1907 – 29 December 1989) was a leading authority in the development of medicinal chemistry in Australia.

His father, Jacques Albert, was a businessman in the music industry, and took a bride many years his junior; Mary Eliza Blanche.

Albert attended schools in Randwick and Coogee, but soon settled into the Scots College in Sydney where he excelled in both music and science.

[4] His bequest funds the Adrien Albert Lectureship, awarded every two years by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

[5] The Royal Australian Chemical Institute established the Adrien Albert award (Archived 19 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine) in his honour.

Professors John Eccles, Adrien Albert, Frank Fenner and Hugh Ennor study the plans for the proposed new John Curtin School of Medical Research, 1950