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Alexander Robertus Todd

The Lord Todd
OM PRS FRSE
Alexander Todd Nobel.jpg
Born Alexander Robertus Todd
(1907-10-02)2 October 1907
Cathcart, Glasgow
Died 10 January 1997(1997-01-10) (aged 89)
Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Nationality British
Fields Chemistry, Biochemistry
Institutions Lister Institute
University of Edinburgh
University of London
University of Manchester
University of Cambridge
Christ's College, Cambridge
University of Strathclyde
Hatfield Polytechnic
Alma mater University of Glasgow
University of Frankfurt am Main
University of Oxford
Doctoral advisor Walter Borsche, Sir Robert Robinson
Notable awards Davy Medal (1949)
Royal Medal (1955)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1957)
Paul Karrer Gold Medal (1963)
Copley Medal (1970)
Lomonosov Gold Medal (1978)

Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd OM PRS FRSE (2 October 1907 – 10 January 1997) was a British biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Todd was born near Glasgow, attended Allan Glen's School and graduated from the University of Glasgow with a BSc in 1928. He received a PhD (Dr.phil.nat.) from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main in 1931 for his thesis on the chemistry of the bile acids.

Todd was awarded an 1851 Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, and, after studying at Oriel College, Oxford, he gained another doctorate in 1933.

After graduating from the University of Oxford, Todd held posts with the Lister Institute, the University of Edinburgh (staff, 1934–1936) and the University of London, where he was appointed Reader in Biochemistry.


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