Richard LM Synge

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Richard Laurence Millington Synge

Richard Laurence Millington Synge (born October 28, 1914 in Liverpool , England , † August 18, 1994 in Norwich ) was an English chemist .

Synge studied at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He conducted research at the Wool Industries Research Association , Leeds (1941–1943), at the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine , London (1943–1948), at the Rowett Research Institute , Aberdeen (1948–1967) and at the Food Research Institute , Norwich (1967 -1976).

Between 1942 and 1948 he conducted investigations on peptides of gramicidin by where he developed chromatographic methods later by Frederick Sanger was used to the structure of the insulin to be determined. In 1950 he was elected as a member (" Fellow ") of the Royal Society . In 1963 he became a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

Synge received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1952 together with Archer JP Martin "for their invention of partition chromatography ". In 1977 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of East Anglia in 1977 and an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University in 1988.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SIDNEY ELSDEN: Richard Laurence Millington Synge (PDF), accessed January 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ Hugh Gordon: Richard Laurence Millington Synge. October 28, 1914-18 August 1994. In: rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org. November 1, 1996, accessed January 14, 2017 .
  3. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed April 15, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Leslie S. Ettre: Milestones in Chromatography: The Birth of partition chromatography . (PDF) In: LCGC Europe 19, 2001, pp. 506-512.
  5. ^ Honorary Graduates of the University. In: portal.uea.ac.uk. Retrieved January 14, 2017 .
  6. ^ Honorary doctorates - Uppsala University, Swede. In: uu.se. Retrieved January 14, 2017 (Swedish).
personal data
SURNAME Synge, Richard LM
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Synge, Richard Laurence Millington (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1952)
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool , England
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1994
Place of death Norwich , England