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Ronald G. W. Norrish

Ronald G. W. NorrishAKA Ronald George Wreyford Norrish

Born: 9-Nov-1897
Birthplace: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Died: 7-Jun-1978
Location of death: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Studied fast chemical reactions

Military service: British Army (Royal Field Artillery, WWI, captured in France)

Wife: Annie Smith (m. 1926, two daughters)

    High School: Perse Grammar School (1910-)
    University: Cambridge University
    Scholar: Emmanuel College, Cambridge University
    Professor: Chemistry, Cambridge University (1937-65)

    Royal Society 1936
    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1967 (with Manfred Eigen and George Porter)
    Davy Medal 1958
    Taken Prisoner of War


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