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David MacMillan

b. 1968

British chemist (1968-)

Born
16 Mar 1968 · Bellshill

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 67 years
  1. 16 Mar 1968BornBorn in Bellshill
  2. 2004AwardCorday-Morgan Prize
  3. 2005AwardElias James Corey Award
  4. 2007AwardMukaiyama Award
  5. 2010AwardFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  6. 2011AwardACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry,
  7. 2012AwardCatalysis in Organic Chemistry Award
  8. 2012AwardFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  9. 2012AwardFellow of the Royal Society
  10. 2015AwardErnst Schering Prize
  11. 2017AwardRyoji Noyori Prize
  12. 2019AwardCentenary Prize
  13. 2021AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1968 – today).

  1. 1968Prague Spring
  2. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  3. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  4. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  5. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  7. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  8. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  9. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  10. 1985Schengen Agreement
  11. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  12. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  13. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  15. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  17. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  18. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  19. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  20. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  21. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  22. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  23. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  24. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  25. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  26. 20112011 Norway attacks
  27. 2011Libyan civil war
  28. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  29. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  30. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  31. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  32. 2015Paris Agreement
  33. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  34. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  35. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  36. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  37. 2023Gaza war
  38. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  39. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Sir David William Cross MacMillan (born 16 March 1968) is a Scottish chemist and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University, where he was also the chair of the Department of Chemistry from 2010 to 2015. He is also a Distinguished Scholar at the Princeton Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. He shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Benjamin List "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis". MacMillan used his share of the $1.14 million prize to establish the May and Billy MacMillan Foundation.

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