Robert Robinson
1886
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1975
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country of citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Manchester, Fulneck School, Brookfield Community School
occupation: chemist
award received: Fellow of the Royal Society, Copley Medal, Faraday Lectureship Prize, Royal medal, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal, Albert Medal, Order of Merit, Knight Bachelor, Honorary doctor of the University of Zagreb, Franklin Medal, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, Bakerian Lecture, Davy Medal, Priestley Medal, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Longstaff Prize, Paracelsus Prize, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, doctor honoris causa from the University of Toulouse
position held: President of the Royal Society
Sir Robert Robinson (13 September 1886 – 8 February 1975) was a British organic chemist and Nobel laureate recognised in 1947 for his research on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids. In 1947, he also received the Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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