John Cornforth

Sir John Warcup Cornforth Jr., was an Australian–British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions, becoming the only Nobel laureate born in New South Wales.

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Who was born first?

• John Cornforth and Andrew Huxley were born the same year
• John Cornforth and John Fenn were born the same year
• John Cornforth and Herbert A. Hauptman were born the same year
• John Cornforth and William Standish Knowles were born the same year
• John Cornforth and Walter Munk were born the same year

Timeline

1. Andrew HuxleyNovember 22, 1917 – May 30, 2012
2. Herbert A. HauptmanFebruary 14, 1917 – October 23, 2011
3. John Cornforth (this page)September 7, 1917 – December 8, 2013
4. John FennJune 15, 1917 – December 10, 2010
5. Walter MunkOctober 19, 1917 – February 8, 2019
6. William Standish KnowlesJune 1, 1917 – June 13, 2012

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