cornforth, sir

Corn·forth

[kawrn-ferth, -fawrth, -fohrth]
noun
Sir John War·cup [wawr-kuhp] , born 1917, British chemist, born in Australia: Nobel prize 1975.
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Cornforth (ˈkɔːnˌfɔːθ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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Sir John Warcup. born 1917, Australian chemist, who shared the 1975 Nobel prize for chemistry with Vladimir Prelog for their work on stereochemistry

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Cornforth Corn·forth (kôrn'fərth, -fôrth'), John Warcup. Born 1917.

Australian-born British chemist. He shared a 1975 Nobel Prize for research on the structure of biological molecules.

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