Sir Alan Rushton Battersby FRS was an English organic chemist best known for his work to define the chemical intermediates in the biosynthetic pathway to vitamin B12 and the reaction mechanisms of the enzymes involved. Wikipedia
Born: March 4, 1925, Leigh, United Kingdom
Died: February 10, 2018 (age 92 years)
Education: The University of Manchester and University of St Andrews
Doctoral students: Andrew D. Hamilton; Craig Hawker