| Authorised form of name | Todd; Alexander Robertus (1907 - 1997); Baron Todd of Trumpington |
| Dates | 1907 - 1997 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 02/10/1907 |
| Date of death | 10/01/1997 |
| Activity | Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1957
Honours:
Kt 1952; Baron 1962; OM 1977 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/03/1942 |
| Age at election | 34 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
PRS 1975-1980
Medals and prizes:
Davy Medal 1949; Royal Medal 1955; Copley Medal 1970
Lectures:
Bakerian 1954; Tercentenary 1960 |
| Relationships | Son-in-law of Sir Henry Hallett Dale (FRS 1914), PRS 1940-1945 |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2000 vol 46 pp 515-532, plate, by Daniel M Brown and Sir Hans Kornberg
References:
R Holliday, 'The early years of molecular biology: personal recollections' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 195-208
Roger G Pertwee, 'Cannabinoid pharmacology: the first 66 years 'in BJP [British Pharmacological Sciety] Volume 147 ((S1), January 2006 pS163 |
| Code | NA3633 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| HWT/38/3 | Further copy of report on the visit to Germany | July 1948 |
| HWT/41/1/6 | Guarantee of tax exemption for IUPAC headquarters from Zurich authorities | 5 January 1967 |
| HWT/38/2 | Correspondence and papers regarding visit of Todd, Thompson and Emeleus to Germany | 15-23 July 1948 |
| HWT/39/95 | Great Britain-China Committee (later Great Britain-China Centre) | January 1977 |
| IM/004614 | Todd, Alexander Robertus, Baron Todd of Trumpington | July 1977 |
| HWT/41/1/17/15 | Correspondence and papers from H W Thompson's term as President of IUPAC | December 1974 |
| CMB/278/12 | Notes on papers passed for publication [Proceedings] | 1947 |
| MM/18/43 | Letter from AR Todd to Dr RWJ Keay, Executive Secretary, Royal Society | 8 March 1978 |
| IM/004613 | Todd, Alexander Robertus, Baron Todd of Trumpington | nd |
| IM/004615 | Todd, Alexander Robertus, Baron Todd of Trumpington | 1992 |
| IM/GA/GAC/7520 | Todd, Alexander Robertus, Baron Todd of Trumpington | nd |
| RR/71/58 | Referee's report by Albert Charles Chibnall, on a paper 'The stimulant involved in the germination of Striga hermonthica' by R Brown, Alan Woodworth Johnson, Eric Robinson and Alexander Robertus Todd | [1948] |
| HWT/38/1 | 'Report on Visit to Germany, October 1947, by Professor Todd, Professor Emeleus, Dr Thompson, Professor Cook and Professor Melville' | 1947 |
| IM/002174 | Todd, Alexander Robertus and Hogg, Quintin McGarel | 19 March 1986 |
| IM/GA/WS/1207 | Todd, Alexander Robertus, Baron Todd of Trumpington | nd |
| MS/926/2/1 | Correspondence regarding the procurement of Luna 24 samples for the UK, collected by Colin Pillinger | 15 September 1976 - 30 June 1977 |
| EC/1942/18 | Todd, Alexander Robertus, Baron Todd of Trumpington: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/003112 | Milstein, César and Todd, Alexander Robertus | 8 October 1980 |
| PB/1/33/2 | Correspondence concerning the Copley Medal of the Royal Society | 1956 |
| IM/000850 | Ciba Foundation Dinner, 26 November 1964, signatures of guests | 1964 |
| P/0132 | Portrait of Todd, Alexander Robertus; Baron Todd of Trumpington | 1979 |
| RR/78/18 | Referee's report by Alexander Robertus Todd, on a paper 'The ribosenucleic acid content of isolated cell nuclei' by C M Mauritzen, A B Roy and Edgar Stedman | 21 March 1952 |
| RR/80/18 | Referee's report by Alexander Robertus Todd, on a paper 'The action of photochemically generated radicals from hydrogen peroxide on deoxyribonucleic acid and simple model substances' by John Alfred Valentine Butler and Brian Evans Conway | 7 April 1953 |
| RR/74/38 | Referee's report by Alexander Robertus Todd, on a paper 'Fertilization in the Fucaceae: investigations on the nature of the demotactic substance produced by the eggs of Fucus serratus and F. vesiculosus' by Richard Bentley, Arthur Herbert Cook and J A Elvidge | [1950] |