Robinson, Sir Robert (1886-1975), a British organic chemist, received the 1947 Nobel Prize for chemistry. He found the structure and behavior of many important natural substances, including the red and blue pigments of flowers; alkaloids, such as morphine and strychnine; hormones; and penicillin. He also developed methods for making many of these substances artificially.
Robinson was born near Chesterfield, England, and served as professor of organic chemistry at Sydney (Australia), Liverpool, Manchester, St. Andrews, and London universities. In 1929, he became a professor at Oxford University.
