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William S. Knowles

nobel prize for chemistry


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to William S. Knowles
Full Name
of the recipient		William S. Knowles
AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
Year of Award2001
Share in Award25.0%
Award Shared withRyoji Noyori (25.0%)
K. Barry Sharpless (50.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		St. Louis, MO, USA
Place of BirthTaunton, MA, United States USA
Date of Birth1 June 1917
Age
at the time of Award		83 years
Place of DeathChesterfield, MO, United States USA
Date of Death13 June 2012
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