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John Cornforth

Sir John Warcup Cornforth Jr., AC, CBE, FRS, FAA (7 September 1917 – 8 December 2013) was an Australian–British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions, becoming the only Nobel laureate born in New South Wales.

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Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions Cholesterol total synthesis Cornforth reagent Cornforth rearrangement
Education
University of Sydney (BSc) · St Catherine's College, Oxford (DPhil)
Born
John Warcup Cornforth Jr. (1917-09-07)7 September 1917 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Citizenship
Australian British
Died
8 December 2013(2013-12-08) (aged 96) Sussex, England
Doctoral advisor
Robert Robinson

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John Cornforth

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John Cornforth → London, National Portrait Gallery, Nobelprize, Portraits
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John Cornforth → University of Oxford, University of Sussex, University of Warwick
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John Cornforth → St Catherine's College, Oxford (DPhil), University of Sydney (BSc)
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John Cornforth → John Warcup Cornforth Jr. (1917-09-07)7 September 1917 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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John Cornforth → 8 December 2013(2013-12-08) (aged 96) Sussex, England
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John Cornforth → Organic chemistry
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John Cornforth → Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions Cholesterol total synthesis Cornforth reagent Cornforth rearrangement
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John Cornforth → Rita Harradence

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John CornforthBornJohn Warcup Cornforth Jr. (1917-09-07)7 September 1917 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.00infobox
John CornforthCitizenshipAustralian British1.00infobox
John CornforthDied8 December 2013(2013-12-08) (aged 96) Sussex, England1.00infobox
John CornforthDoctoral advisorRobert Robinson1.00infobox
John CornforthEducationUniversity of Sydney (BSc)1.00infobox
John CornforthEducationSt Catherine's College, Oxford (DPhil)1.00infobox
John CornforthFieldsOrganic chemistry1.00infobox
John CornforthKnown forStereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions Cholesterol total synthesis Cornforth reagent Cornforth rearrangement1.00infobox
John CornforthSpouseRita Harradence1.00infobox
John CornforthThesisSynthesis of analogues of steroid hormones (1941)1.00infobox
John CornforthWorkplacesUniversity of Oxford1.00infobox
John CornforthWorkplacesUniversity of Warwick1.00infobox
John CornforthWorkplacesUniversity of Sussex1.00infobox

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