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Authorised form of nameSynge; Richard Laurence Millington (1914 - 1994)
Dates1914 - 1994
Date of birth28/10/1914
Date of death18/08/1994
Research fieldBiochemistry
ActivityEducation:
Winchester College
Career:
In New Zealand (1958-1959)
Memberships:
Hon RSNZ (1974)
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1952
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/03/1950
Age at election35
SourceAssocMaterial:
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
CodeNA3024
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1950/23Synge, Richard Laurence Millington: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/WS/4126Synge, Richard Laurence Millingtonnd
MM/24/6Letter from Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine, Chelsea Bridge Road, London SW1, to Dr Birger Drake30 August 1947
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