Walter Haworth

Sir Walter Norman Haworth (March 19, 1883 – March 19, 1950) was a British chemist who is best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid (vitamin C).

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He received the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C". The prize was shared with Swiss chemist Paul Karrer for his work on other vitamins.

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He decided to attend university and study chemistry after working for some time in a linoleum factory run by his father. He made this decision in spite of the strong disapproval of his parents.

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In 1934, working with British chemist Sir Edmund Hirst, he was able to synthesize vitamin C, in fact the first ever synthesized.

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The Haworth projection, a simple way for representing chemical structures in three dimensions, is named after him.

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He died on March 19, 1950, which was his 67th birthday, two years after being knighted.

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March 19: March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). There are 287 days remaining....

1883: 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar)....

1950: 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar)....

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