In 1975, John Warcup Cornforth won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: 7 September 1917.
Died: 8 December 2013.
Nationality: Australian.
Education: University of Sydney (B.Sc.), St Catherine’s College, Oxford (D.Phil.).
Known as: Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions, Cholesterol total synthesis, Cornforth reagent, Cornforth rearrangement.
Awards: Corday–Morgan Medal (1953), FRS (1953), Davy Medal (1968), Ernest Guenther Award (1969), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1975), Royal Medal (1976), Copley Medal (1982).
Fields: Organic chemistry.
