Robinson, Robert (1886 - 1975)

Chronology

1913 - 1915	Professor of Organic Chemistry (Pure and Applied) at the University of Sydney
1916	Heath Harrison Professor of Organic Chemistry in Liverpool, UK
1920	Director of Research at the British Dyestuffs Corporation Ltd
1921	Professor of Chemistry at St Andrews, UK
1922 - 1928	Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Manchester, UK
1928 - 1930	Professor of Organic Chemistry at University College, London
1929	Bakerian Lecturer for the Royal Society
1930	Davy Medallist of the Royal Society
1930	Longstaff Medallist of the Chemical Society
1930 - 1955	Wayneflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford
1932	Royal Medallist
1939	Knight Bachelor (Kt cr)
1939	Paracelsus Medallist of the Swiss Chemical Society received
1939 - 1941	President of the Chemical Society
1942	Copley Medallist of the Royal Society
1945 - 1950	President of the Royal Society
1947	Albert Gold Medal received from the Royal Society of Arts
1947	Franklin Medal received from the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia
1947	Nobel Prize for Chemistry received
1949	Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) received
1953	Priestley Medal received from the American Chemical Society
1955	President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
1957	Hofmann Medal received from the German Chemical Society
1958 - 1959	President of the Society of Chemical Industry
1960	Flintoff Medal received from the Chemical Society

• 'Sir Robert Robinson - Biography', in Nobel e-Museum, 1996, http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1947/robinson-bio.html. [ Details ]
• 'The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1947 'for his investigations on plant products of biological importance, especially the alkaloids'', in Nobel e-Museum, 1996, http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1947/index.html. [ Details ]