Sir Alexander Todd

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
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gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Davy_Medal
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Lomonosov_Gold_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1907-10-02
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Glasgow,_Scotland
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:deathDate 1997-01-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Alexander_R._Todd
gptkbp:education gptkb:Goethe_University_Frankfurt
gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:field biochemistry
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Alexander_Robertus_Todd
gptkbp:honoraryDegree gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Alexander Todd
gptkbp:knighted 1954
gptkbp:knownFor nucleic acids
nucleotides
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
1957
work on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides and nucleotide coenzymes
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Arthur_Kornberg
gptkb:Gertrude_B._Elion
gptkb:Har_Gobind_Khorana
gptkbp:occupation chemist
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:peer
gptkbp:president gptkb:Royal_Society
1975-1980
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:signature Alexander Todd signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Alison_Sarah_Dale
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baron_Todd
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alumni_of_Imperial_College_London
gptkb:Department_of_Chemistry,_University_of_Cambridge
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