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.