Alan R. Battersby

British chemist (1925-2018) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 92

Sir Alan Rushton Battersby (4 March 1925 - 10 February 2018) was an English organic chemist best known for his work to define the chemical intermediates in the biosynthetic pathway to vitamin B12 and the reaction mechanisms of the enzymes involved.

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2018Died10 February 20182000Copley MedalAwardWelch Award in ChemistryAward1997Inhoffen-MedailleAward1995Tetrahedron PrizeAward1989Wolf Prize in ChemistryAward1987Adolf Windaus MedalAward1986Robert Robinson AwardAward1984Longstaff PrizeAwardRoyal MedalAwardRoyal Society Bakerian MedalAward1977Davy MedalAward1966Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1962Tilden PrizeAward1959Corday-Morgan PrizeAward1925Born4 March 1925

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Prof Alan Battersby lecturing on porphyrin biosynthesis.

Prof Alan Battersby in his office in the Cambridge department.

This is a typical laboratory bench used by a PhD student in the Battersby group in 1976. It was located in Lab 122 of the chemistry department.

Awards

Copley Medal2000

Welch Award in Chemistry2000

Inhoffen-Medaille1997

Tetrahedron Prize1995

August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal1992

Wolf Prize in Chemistry1989

Adolf Windaus Medal1987

Robert Robinson Award1986

Royal Medal1984

Royal Society Bakerian Medal1984

Longstaff Prize1984

Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry1983

Davy Medal1977

Fellow of the Royal Society1966

Tilden Prize1962

Corday-Morgan Prize1959

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Honorary Doctor of the University of Sheffield

Honorary Doctor of the University of Bristol

Honorary Doctor of the University of St Andrews

Honorary Doctor of Heriot-Watt University

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His research group was also notable for its synthesis of radiolabelled precursors to study alkaloid biosynthesis and the stereochemistry of enzymic reactions. He won numerous awards including the Royal Medal in 1984 and the Copley Medal in 2000. He was knighted in the 1992 New Year Honours. Battersby died in February 2018 at the age of 92.

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Steven V. LeyBoth received Corday-Morgan Prize

Dieter SeebachBoth received Tetrahedron Prize Richard H. HolmBoth received Welch Award in Chemistry

Joshua JortnerBoth received August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal

Henry Edward ArmstrongBoth received Davy Medal

Stephen C. HarrisonBoth received Welch Award in Chemistry