Robert Burns Woodward

Pioneer Synthetic Organic Chemist

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Born: April 10, 1917 - Boston, Massachusetts

Died: July 8, 1979 (aged 62) - Cambridge, Massachusetts

Known for Landmark: 1.Organic Syntheses; 2. Molecular Structure Determination; 3.Woodward–Hoffmann rules

Notable awards: 1.Davy Medal (1959); 2.National Medal of Science (1964);  3.Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1965);  4.Copley Medal (1978)