Robert Burns Woodward

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Nobel laureate in Chemistry chemist human organic chemist

Robert Burns Woodward was a pioneering American organic chemist renowned for his masterful syntheses of complex natural products and for receiving the 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Chemistry → chemist → human → organic chemist →
academicDiscipline	chemistry → organic chemistry →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Davy Medal → Lavoisier Medal → National Medal of Science → Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Priestley Medal → Roger Adams Award → Willard Gibbs Award →
coAuthor	Roald Hoffmann →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1917-04-10 →
dateOfDeath	1979-07-08 →
doctoralAdvisor	James Flack Norris →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	Harvard University →
familyName	Woodward →
fieldOfWork	natural product synthesis → organic chemistry → theoretical organic chemistry →
givenName	Robert →
knownFor	Woodward–Hoffmann rules for pericyclic reactions → development of modern organic synthesis strategies → pioneering total synthesis of complex natural products →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →
middleName	Burns →
nationality	American →
NobelPrizeCategory	Chemistry →
NobelPrizeYear	1965 →
notableStudent	Elias James Corey → Roald Hoffmann →
notableWork	Woodward–Hoffmann rules → total synthesis of chlorophyll → total synthesis of cholesterol → total synthesis of cortisone → total synthesis of quinine → total synthesis of reserpine → total synthesis of strychnine → total synthesis of vitamin B12 →
placeOfBirth	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States →
positionHeld	Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Eschenmoser → Roald Hoffmann →	collaboratedWith
Roald Hoffmann → Stuart L. Schreiber →	influencedBy
Stuart L. Schreiber →	doctoralAdvisor
Woodward →	hasNotableBearer
ACS Award in Organic Chemistry →	hasRecipient