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John Spinks (academic) was born on 1 January, 1908 in Norfolk, England, is a President of the University of Saskatchewan from 1960 to 1975. Discover John Spinks (academic)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?

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Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 1 January, 1908
Birthday 1 January
Birthplace Norfolk, England
Date of death 1997
Died Place Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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1908

John William Tranter Spinks, (1 January 1908 – 27 March 1997) was President of the University of Saskatchewan from 1960 to 1975.

1928

Born in Norfolk, England, John Spinks received a BSc (1928) and his doctor of philosophy degree (Ph.D.) in chemistry (1930) from King's College London.

1930

Spinks emigrated to Canada in 1930 to join the chemistry faculty of the University of Saskatchewan as an assistant professor and was promoted to professor in 1938, head of the Department of Chemistry in 1948, and dean of the college of Graduate Studies in 1949.

1933

Spinks spent the 1933-34 academic year at the University of Darmstadt, Germany, where he first met Dr. Gerhard Herzberg, whom helped emigrate to Canada.

1939

In 1939 Spinks married Mary Strelioff.

During World War II, Spinks developed search and rescue procedures for missing aircraft and was appointed MBE.

After the war, he pioneered the use of radioactive isotopes in agricultural and chemical research.

1954

In 1954 Spinks wrote: “Einstein could have simplified matters considerably by coining a word such as [the hybrid word] mattergy, matter and energy merely being different forms of mattergy, mattergy I and mattergy II.”

1960

In 1960 he was appointed President and served in that capacity to 1975.

During his tenure, the university grew from 4,500 to 13,500 full-time students.

1997

He died in Saskatoon in 1997.

The University of Saskatchewan open source computer labs were named the Spinks Labs.