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Authorised form of nameWoodward; Robert Burns (1917 - 1979)
Dates1917 - 1979
Date of birth10/04/1917
Date of death08/07/1979
ActivityMedals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1965
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election26/04/1956
Age at election39
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Davy Medal 1959; Copley Medal 1978
SourceObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1981 vol 27 pp 629-695, plate, by Lord Todd and Sir John Cornforth
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/40246681
CodeNA1934
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RefNoTitleDate
EC/1956/28Woodward, Robert Burns: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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