| Sir Robert Robinson  Born: 13-Sep-1886
Birthplace: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Died: 8-Feb-1975
Location of death: Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: England
Executive summary: Researcher of alkaloids Father: William Bradbury Robinson (medical manufacturer)
Wife: Gertrude Maud Walsh (m. 1912, d. 1954, one son, one daughter)
Wife: Stearn Sylvia Hershey (m. 1957)
High School: Chesterfield Grammar School
High School: Fulneck School
University: BSc, University of Manchester (1906)
University: PhD, University of Manchester (1910)
Professor: Chemistry, University of Sydney (1912-15)
Professor: Organic Chemistry, University of Liverpool (1915-20)
Professor: Organic Chemistry, University of St. Andrews (1921-22)
Professor: Organic Chemistry, University of Manchester (1922-28)
Professor: Organic Chemistry, University of London (1928-30)
Professor: Waynflete Chair of Chemistry, Oxford University (1930-55)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1947
Davy Medal 1930
Royal Medal 1932
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Knighthood 1939
Copley Medal 1942
Priestley Medal 1953
Royal Society President, 1945-50
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