Alexander Todd (1907–1997)
Author of A Time to Remember: The Autobiography of a Chemist.
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The New Scientist, 1 January 1959 — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Todd, Alexander Robertus
- Other names
- Todd, Sir Alexander
- Birthdate
- 1907-10-02
- Date of death
- 1997-01-10
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Scotland
- Birthplace
- Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland
- Place of death
- Cambridge, England
- Cause of death
- heart attack
- Education
- Allan Glen's School
Glasgow University (BSc|1928)
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main (PhD|Dr.phil.nat.|1931)
Oxford University (Oriel College|PhD|1933) - Occupations
- biochemist
- Relationships
- Dale, Henry H. (father-in-law)
- Organizations
- World Cultural Council (founder member|1981)
- Awards and honors
- Royal Society (fellow|1942|president|1975-1980)
Notre Dame University (Nieuwland Lecturer|1948)
Davy Medal (1949)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Arthur D. Little Visiting Professor|1954)
knighted (1954)
Royal Medal (1955) (show all 13)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1957)
University of California, Berkeley (Hitchcock Lecturer|1957)
life peer (Baron Todd of Trumpington|1962)
Paul Karrer Gold Medal (1963)
Copley Medal (1970)
Lomonosov Gold Medal (1978)
blue plaque (Royal Society of Chemistry|Cambridge University Department of Chemistry)
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