| David Hall | |
| Birth Date: | 15 February 1928 |
| Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Fields: | Chemistry, X-ray crystallography |
| Workplaces: | University of Auckland University of Alberta |
| Alma Mater: | Auckland University College |
| Thesis Title: | The crystal structure of formamidoxime |
| Thesis Url: | https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/524 |
| Thesis Year: | 1954 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | John Llewellyn |
| Doctoral Students: | Ted Baker Guy Dodson Joyce Waters Neil Waters |
| Awards: | FRSNZ (1972) |
David Hall (15 February 1928 – 15 June 2016) was a New Zealand chemist, best known as an X-ray crystallographer.
A student at Auckland University College, Hall graduated Master of Science in 1950 and a PhD in 1955.[1] The title of his thesis was The Crystal Structure of Formamidoxime.[2] He was one of the first research students in New Zealand in the area of X-ray crystallography, following the establishment of that research area at Auckland University College by John Llewellyn in 1948.[3] The subject of both his master's and doctoral theses was the crystal structure of formamidoxime.[4] [5]
Hall was appointed to the academic staff of the Department of Chemistry at Auckland in 1950,[6] and following the departure of Llewellyn in 1956, he became head of the crystallography research group.[3] He was appointed professor and head of the Department of Chemistry at Auckland in 1965, but left to become professor of chemistry at the University of Alberta the following year.[6] However, he returned to Auckland in 1968, and succeeded Peter de la Mare as head of department in 1980,[6] serving in that role until his retirement in 1984, when he was conferred with the title of professor emeritus by the university.[7] Hall was appointed chair of the New Zealand University Grants Committee in late 1984.[8]
Hall was awarded a DSc by thesis from the University of Auckland in 1969,[9] and he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1972.[10] His doctoral students included Neil Waters,[11] Guy Dodson,[12] and Ted Baker.[13]
Hall died at his home in Auckland on 15 June 2016.[14]
