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Robert Burns Woodward

Scientist · born April 10, 1917 · died 1979

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Robert Burns Woodward was an American organic chemist, who is considered by many to be the preeminent synthetic organic chemist of the twentieth century.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~42Received the Davy Medal1959
  2. ~47Received the National Medal of Science1964
  3. ~48Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry1965
  4. ~61Received the Copley Medal1978

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