In 1965, Robert Burns Woodward won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: 10 April 1917.
Died: 8 July 1979.
Nationality: American.
Education: MIT (S.B., Ph.D.).
Known as: Landmark organic syntheses, Molecular structure, determination, Vitamin B12 total synthesis, Woodward cis-hydroxylation, Woodward modification, Woodward synthesis, Woodward’s rules, Woodward–Doering quinine synthesis, Woodward–Hoffmann rules, Prévost–Woodward reaction.
Awards: Centenary Prize (1951), ForMemRS (1956), William H. Nichols Medal (1956), Davy Medal (1959), National Medal of Science (1964), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1965), Willard Gibbs Award (1967), Copley Medal (1978).
Fields: Organic chemistry.
