John Cornforth
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John Cornforth

Personal information
Birth date7 September 1917(age 93)
Birth placeSydney, Australia
NationalityAustralia
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Sussex
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
St Catherine's College, Oxford
Known forStereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions
Notable awardsCorday-Morgan medal (1949)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1975)
Royal Medal (1976)
Copley Medal (1982)

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Sir John Warcup 'Kappa' Cornforth, AC, CBE, FRS (born 7 September 1917), is an Australian scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions.

He has been deaf since his teens.

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Fantastic five for Rangers - ic Newcastle.co.uk Tweet this news
ic Newcastle.co.uk--In the Durham Trophy there was success for defending champions Whitehill, who triumphed 3-2 at -Cornforth- United with efforts from Andrew Robinson (2) and ... - Date : Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:32:12 GMT+00:00
Railways past and present attract fans to annual show - The Star Tweet this news
The Star--Club spokesman -John Cornforth- said: "It wasn't all about the buffs, there was plenty for the casual visitor to enjoy too and plenty of kids had a good time. ... - Date : Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:11:43 GMT+00:00
Tui staff welcome first Dreamliner to visit UK - TTG live Tweet this news
TTG live--Tui executives toured the aircraft along with two Thomson Airways cabin crew, Katie Windsor and Shelley -Cornforth-, who will said they were immediately ... - Date : Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:57:37 GMT+00:00
最多杰出毕业生的澳大利亚悉尼大学 - 光明网 Tweet this news
光明网--悉尼大学的毕业生包括澳大利亚前总理John Howard、 Gough Whitlam、 William McMahon,诺贝尔化学奖得主-John Cornforth-、世界银行总裁James Wolfensohn等。 ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:29:20 GMT+00:00
Staying Power: Examining The Scope Of Bonded Repairs - Aviation Week Tweet this news
Aviation Week---John Cornforth-, head of technology at GKN Aerospace, agrees and points out that despite the raft of repairs defined within the aircraft's structural repair ... - Date : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:13:44 GMT+00:00
SCHOOL SPORT: Freddy storms in for super double - Witney Gazette Tweet this news
Witney Gazette--Shot: 1 M Rose (Henry Box) 11.00, 2 J Poole (Cokethorpe) 9.25, 3 S -John- (Chipping Norton) 8.99. Junior boys - 400m: 3 H -Cornforth- (Henry Box) 62.2. ... - Date : Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:42:49 GMT+00:00
Mixed luck in Hamsterley for Ryedale rally racers - Gazette & Herald Tweet this news
Gazette & Herald--Sunday's Tour of Hamsterley Rally threw up mixed results for the local competitors, writes Amanda -Cornforth-. First home was Pickering navigator Steve Bielby ... - Date : Wed, 12 May 2010 13:43:12 GMT+00:00
BHS Grabs 3 Golds: Track squad ties school mark - Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise Tweet this news
Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise--“That was a pleasant surprise,” said second-year Bruin head track coach -John- McKee. “It just takes one good jump.” Gillard's previous best had been 16-10 ... - Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 16:55:08 GMT+00:00

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Preceded by
Sir Bernard Heinze
Australian of the Year Award
1975
Served alongside: Major General Alan Stretton
Succeeded by
Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop

Nobel Laureates in Chemistry

Edwin McMillan / Glenn T. Seaborg (1951) * Archer Martin / Richard Synge (1952) * Hermann Staudinger (1953) * Linus Pauling (1954) * Vincent du Vigneaud (1955) * Cyril Hinshelwood / Nikolay Semyonov (1956) * Alexander Todd (1957) * Frederick Sanger (1958) * Jaroslav Heyrovský (1959) * Willard Libby (1960) * Melvin Calvin (1961) * Max Perutz / John Kendrew (1962) * Karl Ziegler / Giulio Natta (1963) * Dorothy Hodgkin (1964) * Robert Woodward (1965) * Robert S. Mulliken (1966) * Manfred Eigen / Ronald Norrish / George Porter (1967) * Lars Onsager (1968) * Derek Barton / Odd Hassel (1969) * Luis Federico Leloir (1970) * Gerhard Herzberg (1971) * Christian B. Anfinsen / Stanford Moore / William Stein (1972) * E.O.Fischer / Geoffrey Wilkinson (1973) * Paul Flory (1974) * John Cornforth / Vladimir Prelog (1975)



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