Derek Barton
English organic chemist (1918–1998)
Also known as Derek Harold Richard Barton · Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton · Derek H. R. Barton
- Born
- September 8, 1918
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
- 6.Stated in La France savante“Derek, Harold, Richard Barton”
- September 8, 1918
- Died
- March 16, 1998
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/54435/Sir-Derek-HR-Barton
- 3.nndb.com/company/038/000127654/
- 4.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
- March 16, 1998
- Birthplace
- Place of death
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
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Sources- 1.Stated in Organic Reactionsonlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/0471264180.or077.02/full
- 2.Stated in Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography“Barton, Derek Harold Richard”encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830905471.html
- 3.Stated in S9“Barton, Derek Harold Richard, Sir”s9.com/Biography/Barton-Derek-Harold-Richard-Sir
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- Positions held
- Education
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- Member of
- Royal Society of London(since 1954) subject has role: Fellow of the Royal Society
- German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences(since 1994)
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Royal Society of Edinburgh(since 1956)
- National Academy of Sciences(since 1970) subject has role: International Member of the National Academy of Sciences
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- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- American Philosophical Society(since 1978)
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei(since 1975) affiliation: Q137386993 · subject has role: Q137396485
- Nominations
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1966)
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- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1965)
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- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1964)
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- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1963)
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- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1962)
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- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1961)
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- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1960)
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- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1966)
- Name in native language
- Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton
- Birth name
- Derek Harold Richard Barton
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-07-21
- male
- Awards
- Lavoisier Medal(1995)
- Priestley Medal(1995)
- Chemical Pioneer Award(1993)
- honorary doctor of the Paul Cézanne University(September 25, 1991)
- honorary doctor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(1991)
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Sources- 1.moe.gov.cn/s78/A22/xwb_left/moe_829/tnull_44386.htmlRetrieved 2019-04-11
- Oesper Award(1991)
- ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry,(1989)
- honorary doctorate from University of Paris-XI(1988)
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- honorary doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1(1983)
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- Copley Medal(1980) award rationale: In recognition of his distinguished contributions to a wide range of problems in structural and synthetic organic chemistry and , in particular, his introduction of conformational analysis into stereochemistry.
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Sources- 1.“Award winners : Copley Medal”docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dsunM9ukGLgaW3HdG9cvJ_QKd7pWjGI0qi_fCb1ROD4/pubhtml?gid=1336391689&single=trueRetrieved 2018-12-30
- honorary doctor of the University of Valencia(1979)
- honorary doctorate of the University of Metz(1979)
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- Royal Medal(1972)
- Longstaff Prize(1972)
- Knight of the Legion of Honour(1972)
- Knight Bachelor(1972)
- Royal Society Bakerian Medal(1970)
- Robert Robinson Award(1970)
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1969) together with: Odd Hassel · prize money: 187,500 SEK · award rationale: för deras insatser för konformationsbegreppets utveckling och tillämpning inom kemien, for their contributions to the development of the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry
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Sources- 1.Stated in nobelprize.org“The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1969”nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1969/summary/Retrieved 2021-01-27
- 2.“Table showing prize amounts”nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/04/prize-amounts-2020.pdfRetrieved 2021-01-27
- honorary doctorate of the University of Montpellier(1962)
- Davy Medal(1961) award rationale: In recognition of his distinguished researches in organic chemistry, particularly on the structure and stereochemistry of natural products of the terpene and steroid series; and the analysis of the conformation of cyclic structures
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Sources- 1.“Award winners : Davy Medal”docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dsunM9ukGLgaW3HdG9cvJ_QKd7pWjGI0qi_fCb1ROD4/pubhtml?gid=1021770356&single=trueRetrieved 2018-12-30
- Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry(1959)
- Ernest Guenther Award(1957)
- Tilden Prize(1952)
- Corday-Morgan Prize(1949)
- Edward Harrison Memorial Prize(1947)
- honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Royal Society Bakerian Medal
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