| Authorised form of name | Cornforth; Sir; John Warcup (1917 - 2013); chemist |
| Dates | 1917 - 2013 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Australasia |
| Date of birth | 07/09/1917 |
| Date of death | 08/12/2013 |
| Activity | Education:
Sydney High School; University of Sydney. BSc (1937), MSc (1938). Oxford University (under 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship, 1939), PhD (1941)
Career:
Worked on penicillin (during World War 2); joined National Institute for Medical Research (1946-1962); Director, Milstead Laboratory, Shell Research, Sittingbourne, Keny (1962); Visiting Professor, University of Sussex (1971); Royal Society Research Professor, School of Molecular Sciences, University of Sussex (1975-1982); 'Australian of the year' (1975)
Honours:
CBE 1972; Kt 1977
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1975
Memberships:
Millennium FRSC (2000) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/03/1953 |
| Age at election | 35 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Davy Medal 1968; Royal Medal 1976; Copley Medal 1982 |
| Relationships | Married (1941) Rita Harradance, organic chemist, of Sydney; one son, two daughters |
| Source | Sources:
AE |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/163574147 |
| Code | NA319 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1953/06 | Cornforth, Sir, John Warcup: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WS/4431 | Cornforth, Sir John Warcup | nd |
| IM/GA/GRS/6692 | Cornforth, Sir John Warcup | nd |
| COR | Collected papers of Sir John Warcup Cornforth FRS, Nobel prize-winning chemist, and Lady Rita Cornforth, organic chemist | 1933-2016 |
| WF/540 | Grant application from the Dorothy Hodgkin Portrait Fund, University of Sussex to the Wolfson Foundation | 1977 |