John Cornforth - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1975
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John Cornforth

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1975
for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions
Together with: Vladimir Prelog
Citizenship
AustraliaAustralia
Languages
English
date of birth
9/7/1917
place of birth
Sydney
date of death
12/8/2013
place of death
Brighton
Lived
96 years

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occupation
  • university teacher
  • chemist
field of work
  • organic chemistry
educated at
  • St Catherine's College
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Sydney
    • start time: 1934
    • end time: 1938
  • Sydney Boys High School
    • end time: 1933
employer
  • University of Sussex
    • start time: 1975
  • University of Warwick
member of
  • Royal Society of London
    • start time: 3/19/1953
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1978
  • Academia Europaea
    • start time: 1994
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    • start time: 1973
  • Australian Academy of Science
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