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{{Short description|Australian organic chemist (1930–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}}
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| name = Sever Sternhell
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|AO}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|05|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lwow]], [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|11|18|1930|05|30|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Naremburn, New South Wales|Naremburn]], [[Sydney]], Australia
| education = {{ubl| [[Newington College]] | [[University of Sydney]] | [[University of London]] | [[Imperial College London]]}}
| occupation = [[Organic chemist]]
| title = Emeritus Professor
| spouse = Alicja (née Zalcberg 1932–)
| parents = Maria (née Wachs) and Samson Sternhell
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| nationality = Australian
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'''Severyn Marcel Sternhell''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (30 May 1930 – 18 November 2022) was a Polish-born Australian academic and [[organic chemist]]. He was professor of Chemistry at the [[University of Sydney]] and a [[Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science]]. His research focused on the induction of chirality into mesophases, aspects of steric hindrance and the mechanochemistry of organic compounds.<ref>{{cite web |title=EMERITUS PROF SEVER STERNHELL |url=http://sydney.edu.au/science/chemistry/aboutus/honorary/sternhell.html |website=The University of Sydney |access-date=26 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103201223/http://sydney.edu.au/science/chemistry/aboutus/honorary/sternhell.html |archive-date=3 January 2014}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Sternhell was born in [[Lwow]], then in Poland but now in western Ukraine. His father was Samson Sternhell, a lawyer. Before the war he attended a [[Zionist]] [[Hebrew language]] primary school for five years. Having survived the [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]], he emigrated to Australia with his parents to join members of the Sternhell family who had left Europe prior to [[World War II]]. Arriving in [[Sydney]] in February 1947, he enrolled as a [[Boarding school|boarder]] at [[Newington College]] a few days after the commencement of the first term.<ref>Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 189</ref> Having had no formal education since primary school, and only learnt English recently in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], he spent the next nine months studying for the Leaving Certificate. He sat for his exams and received four A's and a B in English. Following Newington, he attended the [[University of Sydney]] and graduated with a BSc (hons) in 1951 and a MSc in 1953.<ref>[http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50943 Oral history interview with Sever Sternhell – USHMM]</ref> In 1961, he was awarded a PhD and DIC from the [[University of London]]. After further study in London, he received a DSc from [[Imperial College]].

==Research and university career==
Sternhell began his career as a research chemist in private industry with [[Monsanto]] in 1953. Two years later, he was appointed a senior research officer at [[CSIRO]] and remained in that position until 1964. Sternhell was a senior lecturer in the Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Sydney, from 1964 until 1967. He spent a further ten years as a reader in organic chemistry at the University of Sydney before being appointed Professor of Organic Chemistry. He was an Emeritus Professor from 1999. In 1991–92, he was chairman of the [[Australian Research Council]] Chemical Sciences Panel.<ref>[http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P003688b.htm/ Encyclopedia of Australian Science – Sever Sternhell]</ref>

==Fellowships and honours==
Sternhell was a Fellow, of the [[Australian Academy of Science]] and of the [[Royal Australian Chemical Institute]]. In 2001, he was awarded the [[Centenary Medal]] for his service to Australian society and science in organic chemistry and molecular engineering.<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1126034 It's an Honour] Retrieved 13 June 2018.</ref> In June 2018, he was made an [[Officer of the Order of Australia]] "for distinguished service to education in the field of organic chemistry, specifically to nuclear magnetic resonance, as an academic and researcher, and to scientific institutions."<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2001611 It's an Honour] Retrieved 13 June 2018.</ref>

==Death==
Sternhell died in [[Naremburn, New South Wales|Naremburn]], [[Sydney]] on 18 November 2022, at the age of 92.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 November 2022 |title=Sever Marcel STERNHELL Death Notice – Sydney, New South Wales |url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/464473/sever-marcel-sternhell/?r=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/ |access-date=26 November 2022 |website=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>

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