John Reader Hosking
John Reader Hosking (11 July 1896 – 14 October 1946) was a New Zealand natural products chemist.[1][2] He was part of the 5th (Wellington) Regiment in the Samoan Advance Party at the outbreak of World War I.[3][4] He rejoined the effort via the Australian forces in Sydney as an Acting Bombardier.[6] In 1930 Hosking returned to New Zealand from Europe and started working at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research under Ernest Marsden.[10][11] Hosking died on 14 October 1946 at his home in Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire.