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Robert Burns Woodward

1917 - 1979

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Robert Burns Woodward (April 10, 1917 – July 8, 1979) was an American organic chemist. He is considered by many to be the preeminent synthetic organic chemist of the twentieth century, having made many key contributions to the subject, especially in the synthesis of complex natural products and the determination of their molecular structure. He worked closely with Roald Hoffmann on theoretical studies of chemical reactions. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Burns Woodward is the 138th most popular chemist (down from 121st in 2019), the 702nd most popular biography from United States (up from 777th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Chemist.

Robert Burns Woodward (1917-1979) was an American organic chemist who was the first to synthesize the anti-malarial drug quinine in 1955.

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Among chemists, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 138 out of 602. Before him are Richard R. Ernst, Joseph Proust, John Cornforth, Harold Urey, Wilfrid Voynich, and Gerhard Ertl. After him are Paul Flory, Jean-Marie Lehn, Johan Gadolin, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Julius Lothar Meyer, and Roger D. Kornberg.

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Among people born in 1917, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 24. Before him are Herbert A. Hauptman, I. M. Pei, Robert Mitchum, Ernest Borgnine, Joan Clarke, and John Cornforth. After him are Kenan Evren, Anthony Burgess, Donald Davidson, Sidney Sheldon, Leonid Hurwicz, and Óscar Romero. Among people deceased in 1979, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 20. Before him are Talcott Parsons, Nadia Boulanger, Mika Waltari, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, Hafizullah Amin, and Ludvík Svoboda. After him are Mustafa Barzani, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Sonia Delaunay, Hanna Reitsch, Agostinho Neto, and Sid Vicious.

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Among people born in United States, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 702 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Sinatra Jr. (1944), Claude Shannon (1916), David Copperfield (1956), Julie Harris (1925), Robert Downey Sr. (1936), and Leonard Nimoy (1931). After him are Paul Flory (1910), Jody Williams (1950), Alice Cooper (1948), D. B. Cooper (1931), Ronald Evans (1933), and Bryan Cranston (1956).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 29. Before him are Edward W. Morley (1838), William Lipscomb (1919), Paul Berg (1926), Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), William E. Moerner (1953), and Harold Urey (1893). After him are Paul Flory (1910), Roger D. Kornberg (1947), Jerome Karle (1918), Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), Marshall Warren Nirenberg (1927), and Robert W. Holley (1922).

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