Professor Ralph Raphael

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Chemist Ralph Raphael graduated in Chemistry from Imperial College, London, England, in 1941 with first class honours. He undertook postgraduate research, and received his PhD in 1943. He worked at May and Baker between 1943 and 1946, but returned to Imperial College between 1946 and 1949 after gaining an ICI Fellowship. He gained the Meldola Medal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry in 1948. He was lecturer in Organic Chemistry at Glasgow University, Scotland, between 1949 and 1954, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1962.

Raphael, Ralph Alexander

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Professor Sir Derek Barton

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Chemist Derek Barton graduated from Imperial College, London, England, with top first class honours in Chemistry in 1940, then completed his PhD studies in 1942. He was involved in secret wartime research in the period 1942 to 1944, and in 1945 became assistant lecturer at Imperial College. He moved to Birkbeck College in 1948, and was appointed Professor at the early age of 35. He spent a short time at Glasgow University, but was then to spend the rest of his career at Imperial College.

Barton, Derek H.R.

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George Hitchings

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Chemist George Hitchings studied Biochemistry for bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Washington, and subsequently worked for his PhD from Harvard. He joined the US laboratories of Burroughs Wellcome in 1942, and began studying purines and pyrimidines. He gained an international reputation, and was appointed Vice-President of Research in 1967. He and Gertrude Elion shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine with pharmacologist Sir James Black in 1988.

Hitchings, George H.

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