George Joseph Popják receiving the CIBA medal
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1965
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George Joseph Popják (1914 - 1998) , Biochemist
John Warcup Cornforth (1917 - 2013, Australian) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
John Warcup Cornforth (1917 - 2013, Australian) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
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height (print): 145mm
width (print): 213mm
width (print): 213mm
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Full-length portrait of George Joseph Popják standing at a lectern, with John Warcup Cornforth looking on, 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.
George Joseph Popják (1914-1998) was a Hungarian biochemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1961.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
John Warcup Cornforth and George Popják were awarded the first CIBA medal in 1965, their lecture was on substrate stereochemistry in squalene biosynthesis.
George Joseph Popják (1914-1998) was a Hungarian biochemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1961.
John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) was an Australian chemist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
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