Ken Cavill knew from his high school years that his career lay in science. Whilst completing his Bachelor of Science at the University of Sydney he chose to focus on organic chemistry and made his academic career in that field. Ken gained his PhD at Liverpool University in England in 1949 and was awarded a DSc from that university in 1957. He was employed during World War 2 at W. Hermon Slade & Co., and then as a lecturer in chemistry at Sydney Technical College, becoming a senior lecturer at the newly formed University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he had a distinguished career in research and teaching until his retirement in 1982. He received the first personal chair awarded by the university in 1964 and was made a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1969. He was made an emeritus professor by UNSW in 1983. He actively pursued collaboration between chemistry and biology, and pioneered studies in Australia on the chemistry of insect venoms, attractants and repellents, leaving a legacy of a well-respected body of work in this field. Ken was awarded a Centenary of Federation Medal in 2001 for his service to Australian society and science in the field of organic biological chemistry. Pursuing his love of Australiana, he devoted his retirement to researching and writing about Australian silverware and jewellery manufacturers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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乔治威廉肯尼斯?肯

肯·卡维尔从高中时代就知道他的职业是科学。在悉尼大学完成他的理学学士学位后，他选择专注于有机化学，并在该领域开始了他的学术生涯。肯于 1949 年在英国利物浦大学获得博士学位，并于 1957 年获得该大学的理学博士学位。他在第二次世界大战期间受雇于 W. Hermon Slade & Co.，然后在悉尼技术学院担任化学讲师，成为新成立的新南威尔士大学 (UNSW) 的高级讲师，在那里他在研究和教学方面有着杰出的职业生涯，直到 1982 年退休。他于 1964 年获得了该大学授予的第一个个人主席，并被任命为研究员1969 年获得澳大利亚科学院院士。1983 年被新南威尔士大学授予名誉教授。他积极寻求化学和生物学之间的合作，并在澳大利亚开创了昆虫毒液、引诱剂和驱虫剂化学研究的先河，在该领域留下了备受推崇的工作遗产。肯因在有机生物化学领域为澳大利亚社会和科学做出的贡献而于 2001 年获得联邦百年纪念奖章。为了追求对澳大利亚的热爱，他在退休后致力于研究和撰写有关 19 世纪和 20 世纪早期澳大利亚银器和珠宝制造商的文章。肯因在有机生物化学领域为澳大利亚社会和科学做出的贡献而于 2001 年获得联邦百年纪念奖章。为了追求对澳大利亚的热爱，他在退休后致力于研究和撰写有关 19 世纪和 20 世纪早期澳大利亚银器和珠宝制造商的文章。肯因在有机生物化学领域为澳大利亚社会和科学做出的贡献而于 2001 年获得联邦百年纪念奖章。为了追求对澳大利亚的热爱，他在退休后致力于研究和撰写有关 19 世纪和 20 世纪早期澳大利亚银器和珠宝制造商的文章。