Born | John Warcup Cornforth Jr, September 7, 1917, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | December 8, 2013, Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
Residence | Brighton, United Kingdom |
Citizenship | Australian, British |
Nationality | Australian |
Fields | Organic chemistry |
Institutions | University of Oxford, University of Warwick, University of Sussex |
Alma mater | University of Sydney (B.Sc.), St Catherine's College, Oxford (D.Phil.) |
Thesis | Synthesis of analogues of steroid hormones (1941) |
Known for | Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions, Cholesterol total synthesis, Cornforth reagent, Cornforth rearrangement |
Notable awards | Corday–Morgan Medal (1953), FRS (1953), Davy Medal (1968), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1975), Royal Medal (1976), Copley Medal (1982) |
Spouse | Rita Harradence |
About John Cornforth
Chemist John Cornforth was born in Australia on September 7, 1917. He dies at the age of 96, on December 8, 2013.
Australijsko-brytyjski chemik, który w 1975 roku otrzymał Nagrodę Nobla w dziedzinie chemii za badania nad stereochemią reakcji katalizowanych enzymami. Zdobył także Medal Copleya w 1982 roku i został pasowany na rycerza w 1977 roku.
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John Cornforth before becoming famous
John Cornforth was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1917 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.
Zaczął tracić słuch w wieku 10 lat i był całkowicie głuchy w wieku 20 lat.
Achievement of John Cornforth
Był pierwszym naukowcem, który szczegółowo opisał biosyntezę cholesterolu.
John Cornforth's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
Miał troje dzieci z żoną Ritą Harradence po ślubie w 1941 roku.
John Cornforth Collabed with
Zdobył Nagrodę Nobla w dziedzinie chemii rok po Pharmacologist Paul Florey.
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