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Derek Harold Richard Barton

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Also known as Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton, Derek H. R. Barton

chimico britannico

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Derek Harold Richard Barton was a British chemist and university teacher. He specialized in organic chemistry and stereochemistry. He was educated at Tonbridge School, Imperial College London, and the University of London. His doctoral advisor was Ian Heilbron. Barton taught at Imperial College London, Birkbeck, University of London, Harvard University, and Texas A&M University.

He was a member of the Royal Society, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Barton was born in Gravesend in 1918 and died in College Station in 1998. He was buried at Texas A&M University. His doctoral student was Jack Baldwin.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1969

    “for their contributions to the development of the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Richard
Family name
Barton
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Gravesend
Place of death
College Station
Languages spoken
English language
Noble title
Knight Bachelor
Doctoral advisor
Ian Heilbron
Field of work
stereochemistry
Image
Derek-Harold-Richard-Barton.jpg
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date of birth
1918-09-08
date of death
1998-03-16
place of burial
Texas A&M University
name in native language
Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton
birth name
Derek Harold Richard Barton
Commons category
Derek Barton
interested in
stereochemistry
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Article · Italiano

Derek Harold Richard Barton (Gravesend, 8 settembre 1918 – College Station, 16 marzo 1998) è stato un chimico britannico vincitore del Premio Nobel per la chimica nel 1969.

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