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Born January 2, 1889 • Boston • Massachusetts
Died July 6, 1971 (aged 82) • Champaign • Illinois
Subjects Of Study alkaloid • catalysis • chemical analysis • chemical synthesis • gossypol • marijuana • platinum • pharmaceutical • chaulmoogra oil

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Jöns Jacob Berzelius
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Paul Sabatier
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Sir Robert Robinson
Sir Robert Robinson
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Robert Burns Woodward, 1966
Robert Burns Woodward
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Sidney Altman
Sidney Altman
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Thomas Robert Cech
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Percy Julian
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Richard F. Heck, 2010.
Richard F. Heck
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Bruce Merrifield
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Donald J. Cram
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Wilhelm Ostwald.
Wilhelm Ostwald
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Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, engraving by Ambroise Tardieu.
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
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Alfred Werner
Alfred Werner
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Friedrich Wöhler
Friedrich Wöhler
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William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston
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ean-Baptiste-André Dumas
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas
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Sir Derek H.R. Barton
Sir Derek H.R. Barton
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Hermann Kolbe.
Hermann Kolbe
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Peter Armbruster
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