Portrait of Robert Downs Haworth
Date
1959
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Robert Downs Haworth (1898 - 1990) , Organic chemist
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Walter Bird (1903 - 1969, British) , Photographer
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Seated portrait of Robert Downs Haworth, looking directly out at the camera, leaning on a surface to his right as viewed. Dressed in a white shirt, a black suit jacket and a grey tie.
Robert Downs Haworth (1898-1990), British organic chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1944. He was awarded the Society’s Davy Medal in 1956 ‘in recognition of his distinguished contributions to the chemistry of natural products particularly those containing heterocyclic systems’.
Robert Downs Haworth (1898-1990), British organic chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1944. He was awarded the Society’s Davy Medal in 1956 ‘in recognition of his distinguished contributions to the chemistry of natural products particularly those containing heterocyclic systems’.
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