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Robert Burns Woodward:

Robert Burns Woodward was an American biochemist and Nobel laureate.

Birth:

April 10, 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts

Death:

July 8, 1979 in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Claim to Fame:

Woodward was an American chemist who was the first to synthesize organic compounds like quinine, cholesterol, cortisone, strychnine, and chlorophyll. He opened up the field of artificial synthesis and was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry in recognition of his research.

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