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Sir Fraser Stoddart, Leading Founder of Noble Panacea And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 82 • Feb. 3, 2025, 10:52 PM ET (Forbes)
James Fraser Stoddart obituary: chemist and nanotechnology pioneer who built molecular machines • Jan. 28, 2025, 4:51 AM ET (Nature)
Sir Fraser Stoddart obituary • Jan. 27, 2025, 12:37 AM ET (The Guardian)

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Also Known As Sir James Fraser Stoddart
Born May 24, 1942 • Edinburgh • Scotland
Died December 30, 2024 (aged 82) • Australia
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize
Subjects Of Study carbohydrate • catenane • diquat • ether • molecule • paraquat • polymer • pesticide

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Herbert A. Hauptman
American mathematician and crystallographer
Jerome Karle, 1985.
Jerome Karle
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Norman Haworth, c. 1920.
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Robert J. Lefkowitz.
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David Baker
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F. Sherwood Rowland
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Michael Levitt
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Karl Ziegler
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Emil Fischer.
Emil Fischer
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Hermann Staudinger.
Hermann Staudinger
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