John Cornforth

Sir John Warcup "Kappa" Cornforth, Jr.,^[1] AC, CBE, FRS, FAA (7 September 1917 – 14 December 2013) was an Australian-British chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975, for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions.^[2]

Sir John Cornforth
Cornforth in 1975
Born	John Warcup Cornforth, Jr. 7 September 1917 Sydney, Australia
Died	14 December 2013(2013-12-14) (aged 96) Brighton, United Kingdom
Nationality	Australian
Citizenship	Australian, British
Alma mater	University of Sydney, St Catherine's College, Oxford
Known for	Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions
Awards	Corday–Morgan Medal (1949) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1975) Royal Medal (1976) Copley Medal (1982)
Scientific career
Fields	Organic chemistry
Institutions	University of Oxford, University of Sussex
Doctoral advisor	Robert Robinson

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1994.^[3]

Cornforth died on 14 December 2013, from natural causes at his Brighton home, aged 96.