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Cornforth, John Warcup, 1917-2013

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Personal name headingCornforth, John Warcup, 1917-2013
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Variant(s)Cornforth, J. W. (John Warcup), 1917-2013
Birth date19170907
Death date20131208
Place of birthSydney (N.S.W.)
Place of deathSussex (England)
Field of activityChemistry, Organic Stereochemistry
AffiliationUniversity of Sussex
Profession or occupationNobel Prize winner
Chemist College teacher
Found inAndraos, J. Named reagents, catalysts, and compounds (A-F), 2001: p. 11 (Sir John Warcup Cornforth, b. 7 Sept. 1917, Sydney, Australia; Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1975)
Tetrahedron, 1962: p. 18 (J.W. Cornforth)
New York times (online), viewed Dec. 20, 2013 (in obituary published Dec. 19: John W. Cornforth; b. John Warcup Cornforth, Sept. 7, 1917, Sydney; d. Dec. 8, Sussex, England, aged 96; scientist who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975)
Associated languageeng