The scientist John Cornforth

John Cornforth

Living place: Australia

Birthday: 7-9-1917

Global rank: #83704

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Who is The scientist John Cornforth?
An Australian-British chemist who won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions. He also won the Copley Medal in 1982 and was knighted in 1977.
He was the first scientist to detail cholesterol biosynthesis.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He started becoming deaf at the age of 10 and was completely deaf at the age of 20.

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He had three children with his wife Rita Harradence after they married in 1941.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling The scientist John Cornforth?
He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry the following year when Paul Florey did.

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When was The scientist John Cornforth born?
John Cornforth was born in 7-9-1917, death year is , at the age of 107.
Where is The scientist John Cornforth's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
John Cornforth was born in Australia. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Virgo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. John Cornforth's global rank is 83704 and whose rank is 656 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1917 and 7-9

Events in the world in the birth year of John Cornforth

  • First U.S. combat troops arrive in France as U.S. declares war on Germany (April 6). Background: World War I
  • Third Battle of Ypres is fought. Background: World War I
  • World-wide influenza pandemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S. alone, 500,000 perish. Background: Major U.S. Epidemics
  • Dutch dancer Mata Hari is convicted and executed as a German spy.
  • Government offices are seized and the Romanov's Winter Palace is stormed in Russian October Revolution.

Birthday John Cornforth (7-9) in history

  • Day 7-9 year 1822: Brazil declared its independence from Portugal.
  • Day 7-9 year 1901: The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ended with the signing of the Peking Protocol (Peace of Beijing).
  • Day 7-9 year 1940: Nazi Germany began its initial blitz on London during World War II.
  • Day 7-9 year 1979: The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its debut on cable TV.
  • Day 7-9 year 1986: Desmond Tutu became the first black to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.
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