Robert R. Williams
American chemist
Robert Runnels Williams was an American chemist, known for being the first to chemically fully characterize and then synthesize thiamine. He first isolated thiamine in 1933, and synthesized it in 1935, reporting this in 1936. Wikipedia
Born: February 16, 1886, Nellore, India
Died: October 2, 1965 (age 79 years), Summit, NJ
Education: The University of Chicago
Awards: Willard Gibbs Award (1938), Elliott Cresson Medal (1940), Perkin Medal (1947), and more