Roger Adams
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Roger Adams (January 2, 1889 – July 6, 1971) was an American organic chemist who developed the eponymous Adams' catalyst, and helped determine the composition of natural substances such as complex vegetable oils and plant alkaloids.[1] He isolated and identified CBD in 1940. As head of the Chemistry department at the University of Illinois from 1926 to 1954, he influenced graduate education in America, taught over 250 Ph.D. students and postgraduate students, and served in military science during World War I and World War II.
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Born | (1889-01-02)January 2, 1889 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | July 6, 1971(1971-07-06) (aged 82) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Known for | Adams' catalyst, Hexahydrocannabinol, Adamsite |
Awards | William H. Nichols Medal (1927) Elliott Cresson Medal (1944) Davy Medal (1945) Priestley Medal (1946) Perkin Medal (1954) American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (1964) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Organic chemistry |
Institutions | University of Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Doctoral advisors | H. A. Torrey, Charles Loring Jackson |
Doctoral students | Ernest H. Volwiler, Samuel M. McElvain, Wallace Carothers, William Edward Hanford, Edward Marion Augustus Chandler |
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