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Robert Robinson

1886 – 1975 · aged 89

English chemist (1886-1975)

Born
13 Sept 1886 · Rufford
Died
8 Feb 1975 · Great Missenden
Part ofUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1731 – 1942

Life timeline

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

Showing 102 years
  1. 13 Sept 1886BornBorn in Rufford
  2. 1920AwardFellow of the Royal Society
  3. 1927AwardLongstaff Prize
  4. 1930AwardDavy Medal
  5. 1930AwardRoyal Society Bakerian Medal
  6. 1932AwardRoyal Medal
  7. 1934AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
  8. 1939AwardHonorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
  9. 1941AwardParacelsus Prize
  10. 1942AwardCopley Medal
  11. 1945AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
  12. 1945 – 1950RolePresident of the Royal Society
  13. 1947AwardFaraday Lectureship Prize
  14. 1947AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
  15. 8 Feb 1975DiedDied in Great Missenden

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1886 – 1975).

  1. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  2. 1898Spanish–American War
  3. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  4. 1914 – 1918World War I
  5. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  6. 1917Balfour Declaration
  7. 1917February Revolution
  8. 1917October Revolution
  9. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  10. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  11. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  12. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  13. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  14. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  15. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  16. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1938Munich Agreement
  18. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  19. 1939 – 1945World War II
  20. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  21. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  22. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  23. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  24. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  25. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  26. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  27. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  29. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  30. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  32. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  33. 1956Suez Crisis
  34. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  36. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  38. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  40. 1968Prague Spring

Biography

Sir Robert Robinson (13 September 1886 – 8 February 1975) was a British organic chemist and Nobel laureate recognised in 1947 for his research on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids. In 1947, he also received the Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm.

Text from the Wikipedia article Robert Robinson (chemist), CC BY-SA 4.0

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