In 1956, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: 19 June 1897.
Died: 9 October 1967.
Nationality: England.
Education: University of Oxford.
Known as: Chemical kinetics, Chemical reaction network theory, Langmuir–Hinshelwood mechanism, Lindemann–Hinshelwood mechanism.
Awards: Meldola Medal and Prize (1923), Liversidge Award (1939), Davy Medal (1942), Royal Medal (1947), Longstaff Prize (1948), Faraday Lectureship Prize (1953), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1956), Leverhulme Medal 1960), Copley Medal (1962), Dalton Medal (1966).
Fields: Physical chemistry.
