| Derek Barton  AKA Derek Harold Richard Barton
Born: 8-Sep-1918
Birthplace: Gravesend, Kent, England
Died: 16-Mar-1998
Location of death: College Station, TX
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: England
Executive summary: Conformational analysis Father: William Thomas Barton
Mother: Maude Henrietta Barton
Wife: Jeanne Kate Wilkin (div.)
Son: W. G. L. Barton
Wife: Christiane Cognet (university professor)
University: Gillingham Technical College
University: BSc, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London (1940)
University: PhD, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London (1942)
Teacher: Lecturer, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London (1945-)
Professor: Birkbeck College, University of London (1950-55)
Professor: University of Glasgow (1955-57)
Professor: Imperial College of Science and Technology, London
Professor: Texas A&M University (1986-98)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1969 (with Odd Hassel)
Davy Medal 1961
Royal Medal 1972
Knighthood 1972
Copley Medal 1980
Priestley Medal 1995
Royal Society 1954
Royal Society of Edinburgh 1956
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
Author of books:
Some Recollections of Gap Jumping (1991)
Half a Century of Free Radical Chemistry (1993, with Shyamal I. Parekh)
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