Norman Haworth

Walter Norman Haworth ( born March 19, 1883 in White Coppice, † March 19, 1950 in Birmingham ) was a British chemist who was known for his research on vitamin C.

Life

Initially he worked for a time in the linoleum factory of his father, it came to a break with his parents' house, and he studied chemistry. In 1934 he succeeded with his associate Edmund Hirst, the first time a vitamin, namely to synthesize vitamin C, .

Honors

Haworth was awarded the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry " for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C". He shared this award with the Swiss chemist Paul Karrer, who had also worked on vitamins.

Haworth was a member ( "Fellow" ) elected in 1928 to the Royal Society, which honored him in 1934 with the Davy Medal in 1942 and the Royal Medal. In 1948, two years before his death, Haworth was knighted for his services.

The Haworth projection, a ring formula for the representation of cyclic carbohydrates, was named after him. 2008, the lunar craters Haworth was named after him.