Roger Adams
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 53 years ago |
Date of birth | January 2,1889 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Boston |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Date of died | July 6,1971 |
Died | Urbana |
Illinois | |
United States | |
Known for | Adams' catalyst |
Job | Chemist |
Education | Harvard University |
Radcliffe College | |
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study | |
Books | Organic chemical reagents |
The Marriage of Mushrooms and Garlic | |
Famous Writers on Cricket | |
Laboratory experiments in organic chemistry | |
Awards | Priestley Medal |
Franklin Medal | |
Willard Gibbs Award | |
Perkin Medal | |
American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal | |
Charles Lathrop Parsons Award | |
National Medal of Science for Chemistry | |
Elliott Cresson Medal | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 509874 |
Roger Adams Life story
Roger Adams was an American organic chemist who developed the eponymous Adams' catalyst, and helped determine the composition of natural substances such as complex vegetable oils and plant alkaloids. He isolated and identified CBD in 1940.