John Warcup Cornforth receiving the CIBA medal
Date
1965
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John Warcup Cornforth (1917 - 2013, Australian) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
George Joseph Popják (1914 - 1998) , Biochemist
George Joseph Popják (1914 - 1998) , Biochemist
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height (print): 144mm
width (print): 211mm
width (print): 211mm
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Full-length portrait of John Warcup Cornforth standing at a lectern, taken at the CIBA medal award ceremony.
John Warcup Cornforth and George Popják were awarded the first CIBA medal in 1965, their lecture was on substrate stereochemistry in squalene biosynthesis.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
George Joseph Popják (1914-1998) was a Hungarian biochemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1961.
John Warcup Cornforth and George Popják were awarded the first CIBA medal in 1965, their lecture was on substrate stereochemistry in squalene biosynthesis.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
George Joseph Popják (1914-1998) was a Hungarian biochemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1961.
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