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Robert Burns Woodward
American chemist (–)
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Biographical Memoirs: Volume 80 ()
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ROBERT BURNS WOODWARD
April 10, –July 8,
BY ELKAN BLOUT
ROBERT BURNS WOODWARD was the preeminent organic chemist of the twentieth century. This opinion is shared by his colleagues, students, and by other distinguished chemists. Bob Woodward was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and was an only child. His father died when Bob was less than two years old, and his mother had to work hard to support her son. His early education was in the Quincy, Massachusetts, public schools. During this period he was allowed to skip three years, thus enabling him to finish grammar and high schools in nine years. In at the age of 16, Bob Woodward enrolled in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study chemistry, although he also had interests at that time in mathematics, literature, and architecture. His unusual talents were soon apparent to the MIT
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Woodward through the years
Credit: Associated Press
Woodward in enjoying a glass of champagne after the announcement that he had won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
In brief
C&EN celebrates the th birthday of Robert Burns Woodward with this profile of the famous organic chemist. Read on as some of Woodward’s students and colleagues share their memories about his style and unique way of communicating chemistry. Also, chemists working in natural product synthesis reflect on what impact Woodward’s work has on the field today
Watch clips of Woodward’s lectures
Quiz: How well do you know R. B. Woodward?
Had Robert Burns Woodward lived to see his th birthday this week—on April 10—one wonders what the famed organic chemist would have thought of Renowned for his elegant and bold total syntheses of natural products, Woodward was also legendary for his collection of blue neckties, his chain-smoking, and his riveting three-hour lectures. But in an era where practitioners of total synthesis often face funding challenges, casual is the de rigueur dress code, smoking is verboten, and popular communication is frequently done in characters or less, the Woodwardian way seems all but lost.
Even if Woodward is an anachronism in today’s world, it’s clear he had a profou