Sir Norman Haworth | |
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 Norman Haworth | |
| Born | 19 March 1883 White Coppice, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 19 March 1950 (aged 67) Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester University of Göttingen |
| Known for | investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C |
| Awards | Longstaff Prize (1933) Davy Medal (1934) Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1937) Royal Medal (1942) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | University of St. Andrews Durham University University of Birmingham |
| Doctoral advisor | William Henry Perkin Jr., Otto Wallach |
Sir Walter Norman Haworth FRS[1] (19 March 1883[2] – 19 March 1950) was a British chemist best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid (vitamin C) while working at the University of Birmingham. He received the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C". The prize was shared with Swiss chemist Paul Karrer for his work on other vitamins.[3][4]
Haworth worked out the correct structure of a number of sugars, and is known among organic chemists for his development of the Haworth projection that translates three-dimensional sugar structures into convenient two-dimensional graphical form.
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- ^ Hirst, E. L. (1951). Walter Norman Haworth 1883-1950. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry. Vol. 6. pp. 1–9. doi:10.1016/S0096-5332(08)60061-2. ISBN 9780120072064. PMID 14894345.
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