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William Standish Knowles (1917–2012) was a recipient of the Nobel Prize. He is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection and the Nobel Chemistry collection. His name appears in the Nobel Prize records as William Knowles.
Records indicate that Knowles is associated with five works according to Crossref data, while Open Library lists one work under his author name. He is referenced by 280 other encyclopedia articles.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2001
“for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Taunton
- Place of death
- Chesterfield
- Occupation
- researcher
- Educated at
- Phillips Academy
- Employer
- Monsanto
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Robert Elderfield
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Image
- Bush7NobelLaureates.jpg
- Residence
- Jackson Hole
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- date of birth
- 1917-06-01
- date of death
- 2012-06-13
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- cause of death
- ALS
- Commons category
- William Standish Knowles
- name in native language
- William Standish Knowles
- manner of death
- natural causes
- interested in
- chemistry
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Encyclopedic overview
William Standish Knowles (June 1, 1917 – June 13, 2012) was an American chemist. He was born in Taunton, Massachusetts. Knowles was one of the recipients of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He split half the prize with Ryōji Noyori for their work in asymmetric synthesis, specifically for his work in hydrogenation reactions. The other half was awarded to K. Barry Sharpless for his work in oxidation reactions.
Education
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