Ralph Raphael

Ralph Raphael
CBE FRS FRSE
Born
Ralph Alexander Raphael

(1921-01-01)1 January 1921
Croydon, London, England
Died27 April 1998(1998-04-27) (aged 77)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materImperial College
Known forAcetylene chemistry, Organic synthesis
SpousePrudence Maguerire Anne née Gaffikin
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Thesis (1943)
Doctoral advisors
Doctoral students
  • A. Ian Scott
  • Robert Ramage

Ralph Alexander Raphael CBE FRS FRSE (1 January 1921 – 27 April 1998) was a British organic chemist, well known for his use of acteylene derivatives in the synthesis of natural products with biological activity.[1][2]

  1. ^ Crombie, Leslie (2000). "Ralph Alexander Raphael, C.B.E.". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 46: 465–481. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0096. S2CID 57166350.
  2. ^ Pauson, Peter L. "Ralph Alexander Raphael" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh.