Awards & Winners

Norman Pirie

Date of Birth 01-July-1907
Place of Birth Torrance
(East Dunbartonshire, Scotland)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as N. Pirie
Profession Chemist, Scientist
Norman Wingate Pirie FRS-was a British biochemist and virologist who, along with Frederick Bawden, discovered that a virus can be crystallized by isolating tobacco mosaic virus in 1936. This was an important milestone in understanding DNA and RNA.

Awards by Norman Pirie

Check all the awards nominated and won by Norman Pirie.

1971


Copley Medal
(In recognition of his distinguished contributions to biochemistry and especially for his elucidation of the nature of plant viruses.)