Person Robinson; Sir; Robert (1886 - 1975); chemist Robinson Robert Sir chemist 1886 - 1975 Male 13 September 1886 08/02/1975 19750208

Education: DSc Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1947 Honours: Kt 1939; OM 1949 Royal Society roles: PRS 1945-1950; VP 1944-1945 Medals and prizes: Davy Medal 1930; Royal Medal 1932; Copley Medal 1942 Lectures: Bakerian 1930 Fellow 13/05/1920 Sources: Bulloch's Roll AssocMaterial: CSAC 94/5/83. Papers deposited in the Royal Society Library Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1976 vol 22 pp 415-527, plate, by Lord Todd and J W Cornforth References: Arthur J Birch, 'Investigating a Scientific Legend: the Tropinone Synthesis of Sir Robert Robinson, FRS' in NR 1993 vol 47 pp 277-296, plate R L M Synge, 'How the Robinsons Nearly Invented Partition Chromatography in 1934' in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 309-311 Stephen F Mason, review of Trevor I Williams, Robert Robinson: Chemist Extraordinary in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 281-284 C W Shoppee, 'The Sign of the Electron-Releasing Effect of the Methyl Group' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 p 297 Rose Scott-Moncrieff, 'The Classical Period in Chemical Genetics. Recollections of Muriel Wheldale Onslow, Robert and Gertrude Robinson and J B S Haldane' in NR 1981-82 vol 36 pp 125-154 Lord Todd, 'Address at the Memorial Service for Sir Robert Robinson, OM, FRS, at Westminster Abbey on 29 April 1975' in NR 1975-6 vol 30 pp 1-3 J S Rowlinson, 'The war time work of Hinshelwood and his colleagues' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 161-175 ©Godfrey Argent Studio International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-20448 13 Sep 1886 - 8 Feb 1975 NA8276 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/67265095 a21c023a-385b-4d0a-90a6-f341cc3a1ed4