Sir John Warcup Cornforth Jr., AC, CBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian–British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions, becoming the only Nobel laureate born in New South... Wikipedia
Born: September 7, 1917, Sydney, Australia
Died: December 8, 2013 (age 96 years), Sussex, United Kingdom
Education: St Catherine's College (1939–1941), The University of Sydney (1934–1937), and Sydney Boys High School (1933)
Awards: Copley Medal, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Royal Medal, and more
Spouse: Rita Harradence (m. 1941–2012)
Parents: Hilda Eipper and John Warcup Cornforth
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