Robert Page (chemist)

Robert Owen Page was a New Zealand pacifist and industrial chemist.

Biography

Page was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 23 November 1897.
His father, Samuel Page, taught chemistry at Canterbury College, while his mother, Sarah Saunders, was a feminist who promoted social reforms. His maternal grandfather was Alfred Saunders a radical politician.
Robert's friends knew him as Robin, and he attended Christchurch Boys’ High School until 1914. He won a university Junior Scholarship and went to Canterbury College, where he earned a BSc majoring in chemistry in 1917. He was awarded the Sir George Grey Scholarship, a Senior Scholarship and the Haydon Prize.
He was a conscientious objector and was imprisoned in 1918.