Norman Haworth

Biography

Sir Walter Norman HaworthFRS(19 March 1883– 19 March 1950) was a Britishchemistbest known for his groundbreaking work onascorbic acid(vitamin C) while working at theUniversity of Birmingham. He received the 1937Nobel Prize in Chemistry"for his investigations oncarbohydratesand vitamin C". The prize was shared with Swiss chemistPaul Karrerfor his work on othervitamins. Haworth worked out the correct structure of a number of sugars, and is known among organic chemists for his development of theHaworth projectionthat translates three-dimensional sugar structures into convenient two-dimensional graphical form. Fields: Organic chemistry Education: University of Manchester University of Göttingen

中文信息

简介： 诺贝尔化学奖| (1933) | 1883-1950

沃尔特·诺曼·霍沃斯爵士 (Sir Walter Norman Haworth，FRS，1883 年 3 月 19 日至 1950 年 3 月 19 日) 是一位英国化学家，在伯明翰大学工作期间，因其在抗坏血酸（维生素 C）方面的开创性工作而闻名。他因“对碳水化合物和维生素C的研究”而获得1937年诺贝尔化学奖。该奖项与瑞士化学家保罗·卡勒 (Paul Karrer) 分享，因其在其他维生素方面的研究成果。霍沃斯计算出了许多糖的正确结构，并因开发霍沃斯投影而闻名于有机化学家，该投影将三维糖结构转化为方便的二维图形形式。领域： 有机化学 教育背景： 曼彻斯特大学 哥廷根大学

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• Award: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Added: 2026-02-03
• Source: Wikipedia

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