Norman Haworth
Also known as Sir Walter Norman Haworth, Walter Haworth, Walter N. Haworth, W. N. Haworth
British chemist (1883-1950)
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Norman Haworth was a British chemist who lived from 1883 to 1950 and made important contributions to understanding the structure of carbohydrates and vitamin C. His work earned him recognition as a leading figure in organic chemistry during the early twentieth century.
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- The constitution of sugars
- The Constitutions of Sugars
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- Abwandlungsprodukte der Nitrosochloride semicyklischer Kohlenwasserstoffe
- The constitution of sugars
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Sir Walter Norman Haworth FRS (19 March 1883 – 19 March 1950) was a British chemist best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid (vitamin C) while working at the University of Birmingham. He received the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C". The prize was shared with Swiss chemist Paul Karrer for his work on other vitamins.
Haworth worked out the correct structure of a number of sugars, and is known among organic chemists for his development of the Haworth projection that translates three-dimensional sugar structures into convenient two-dimensional graphical form.
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1883 births1950 deaths20th-century British chemistsAcademics of Durham UniversityAcademics of Imperial College LondonAcademics of the University of BirminghamAcademics of the University of St AndrewsAlumni of the University of ManchesterBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish Nobel laureatesChemists of Durham UniversityChemists of the University of Birmingham