

Mr Mellor smoking a pipe. Photos: supplied/Gerard O'Brien. : University honours pioneering chemist
Mr Mellor smoking a pipe. Photos: supplied/Gerard O'Brien. : University honours pioneering chemist


One of the multi-talented Mr Mellor’s published cartoons. : University honours pioneering chemist
One of the multi-talented Mr Mellor’s published cartoons. : University honours pioneering chemist


The University of Otago’s new $56million chemistry building, on the corner of Cumberland and Union Sts, is named Mellor Laboratories after pioneering chemist Joseph Mellor. : University honours pioneering chemist
The University of Otago’s new $56million chemistry building, on the corner of Cumberland and Union Sts, is named Mellor Laboratories after pioneering chemist Joseph Mellor. : University honours pioneering chemist


Mr Mellor’s graduating class in 1898. He is pictured seated on the ground on the front row and graduated with other well-known Otago University alumni, including New Zealand’s first woman GP, Margaret Barnett Cruickshank (middle row, second from left)... : University honours pioneering chemist
Mr Mellor’s graduating class in 1898. He is pictured seated on the ground on the front row and graduated with other well-known Otago University alumni, including New Zealand’s first woman GP, Margaret Barnett Cruickshank (middle row, second from left)... : University honours pioneering chemist


A letter Ernest Rutherford sent to Mr Mellor. : University honours pioneering chemist
A letter Ernest Rutherford sent to Mr Mellor. : University honours pioneering chemist
University honours pioneering chemist
A Dunedin scientist who played a major role in Britain winning World War 1 and was a pioneer in his field is finally getting some much deserved...
