Back ألكسندر تود Arabic الكسندر تود ARZ Aleksander Robertus Todd Azerbaijani لرد تاد AZB Александэр Рабертус Тод Byelorussian Александър Тод Bulgarian আলেক্সান্ডার টড Bengali/Bangla Alexander Robertus Todd Catalan Alexander Robertus Todd Czech Alexander Robertus Todd Danish
The Lord Todd | |
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 Todd in 1957 | |
| Born | Alexander Robertus Todd 2 October 1907 Cathcart, Scotland |
| Died | 10 January 1997 (aged 89) Oakington, England |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow University of Frankfurt am Main Oriel College, Oxford |
| Awards | Davy Medal (1949) Royal Medal (1955) Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1957) Paul Karrer Gold Medal (1963) Copley Medal (1970) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1978) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry, Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Lister Institute University of Edinburgh University of London University of Manchester University of Cambridge Christ's College, Cambridge University of Strathclyde Hatfield Polytechnic |
| Doctoral advisor | Walter Borsche, Sir Robert Robinson |
| Doctoral students | J. Rodney Quayle |
Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd OM FRS FRSE[1] (2 October 1907 – 10 January 1997) was a British biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1957.
- ^ Brown, D. M.; Kornberg, H. (2000). "Alexander Robertus Todd, O.M., Baron Todd of Trumpington. 2 October 1907 – 10 January 1997: Elected F.R.S. 1942". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 46: 515. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0099. S2CID 73076704.