Robert Burns Woodward - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	10-April-1917
Place of Birth	Boston (Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America, Area code 617, Area code 857)
Nationality	United States of America
Profession	Chemist, Science writer
Robert Burns Woodward was an American organic chemist. He is considered by many to be the preeminent organic chemist of the twentieth century, having made many key contributions to the subject, especially in the synthesis of complex natural products and the determination of their molecular structure. He also worked closely with Roald Hoffmann on theoretical studies of chemical reactions. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1965.

Awards by Robert Burns Woodward

Check all the awards nominated and won by Robert Burns Woodward.

1978

Copley Medal	(In recognition of his masterly contributions to the synthesis of complex natural products and his discovery of the importance of orbital symmetry.)

1965

Nobel Prize in Chemistry	(for his outstanding achievements in the art of organic synthesis)

1964

National Medal of Science for Physical Science	(For an imaginative new approach to the synthesis of complex organic molecules and, especially, for [his] brilliant syntheses of strychnine, reserphine, lysergic acid, and chlorophyll.)

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