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Born September 1, 1906 • Decatur • Illinois
Died December 9, 1997 (aged 91) • New Hampshire
Subjects Of Study mevalonic acid • streptomycin • vitamin B12
Robert Burns Woodward, 1966
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American chemist
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English chemist
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Stanley Miller
American biochemist
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
American agricultural chemist
Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling
American scientist
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American chemist
Jack Parsons
Jack Parsons
American rocket scientist and chemist
Langmuir, Irving
Irving Langmuir
American chemist
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American chemist
Glenn T. Seaborg
Glenn T. Seaborg
American chemist
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Melvin Calvin
Melvin Calvin
American biochemist
Elias James Corey
Elias James Corey
American chemist
Fraser Stoddart
Fraser Stoddart
British-American chemist
Thomas Midgley, Jr.
Thomas Midgley, Jr.
American chemical engineer
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Ralph F. Hirschmann
American chemist
Robert J. Lefkowitz.
Robert J. Lefkowitz
American physician and biologist
Louis E. Brus
Louis E. Brus
American chemist
Kary B. Mullis
Kary Mullis
American biochemist

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