| Authorised form of name | Synge; Richard Laurence Millington (1914 - 1994) |
| Dates | 1914 - 1994 |
| Date of birth | 28/10/1914 |
| Date of death | 18/08/1994 |
| Research field | Biochemistry |
| Activity | Education:
Winchester College
Career:
In New Zealand (1958-1959)
Memberships:
Hon RSNZ (1974)
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1952 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/03/1950 |
| Age at election | 35 |
| Source | AssocMaterial:
NCUACS 73/2/98. Papers deposited in Trinity College, Cambridge
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1996 vol 42 pp 453-479, plate, by Hugh Gordon
References:
Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281 |
| Code | NA3024 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1950/23 | Synge, Richard Laurence Millington: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WS/4126 | Synge, Richard Laurence Millington | nd |
| MM/24/6 | Letter from Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine, Chelsea Bridge Road, London SW1, to Dr Birger Drake | 30 August 1947 |
| RR/77/141 | Referee's report by Richard Laurence Millington Synge, on a paper 'The configuration of the polypeptide chain in small peptides such as Gramicidin S' by N B Abbott and E J Ambrose | [1952] |