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Cornforth

American

[kawrn-ferth, -fawrth, -fohrth] / ˈkɔrn fərθ, -ˌfɔrθ, -ˌfoʊrθ /

noun

Sir John Warcup 1917–2013, British chemist, born in Australia: Nobel Prize 1975.

Cornforth British

/ ˈkɔːnˌfɔːθ /

noun

Sir John Warcup. born 1917, Australian chemist, who shared the 1975 Nobel prize for chemistry with Vladimir Prelog for their work on stereochemistry

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“Everything kind of points to a long, slow decline,” said Charles Hammond of Cornforth Consultants, the engineering firm hired by the operator of a quarry at the base of the ridge.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2018

Jeremy Cornforth works at the State Department in Washington and is the father of 5-year-old twins.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2017

During his doctorate studies at Oxford, in the middle of World War II, Cornforth was part of the team that worked on developing the understanding of penicillin, including how to purify and concentrate the antibiotic.

From Time • Sep. 7, 2017

Photos of the banner - which displayed the word "murderers" and the date of the tragedy - were put on Facebook by Jay Cornforth and Ainsley Meanock.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2016

He had now changed his name to Sinclair, while Bindo di Ferraris went under the less foreign cognomen of Albert Cornforth.

From The Count's Chauffeur by Le Queux, William

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