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Robert Robinson

British Scientist

Born: Sep 13, 1886

Died: Feb 8, 1975

Attaching Chemistry Mathematics Me Pure Wife

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The winners of Nobel Prizes must be assumed to possess at least a modicum of imagination and sensibility, and it is therefore incredible that any of us should not experience at this time a veritable surge of emotion. Robert Robinson

Time Experience Modicum Imagination Assumed Incredible Possess Must Winners Emotion Nobel Least Surge Prizes Any Sensibility Us Should Therefore

There is no one label that could be attached to me that would be thought adequate. Robert Robinson

Me Thought Adequate Would Would-Be Attached Could No-One Label

Though it might be invidious to mention individuals, yet I may be allowed to say how much I owe to the constant help of my wife, not quite my first, but much my most consistent collaborator, and over the longest period of years. Robert Robinson

Wife First Collaborator Say Consistent Though Constant Mention Allowed Individuals Longest Over Most Period How How Much Years Owe Quite May Might Much Help

For myself, I warmly thank the Nobel Foundation and the Committee for Chemistry for this mark of their approbation and for an award which confers the highest distinction that a scientist can achieve. I am greatly beholden also to my sponsors and supporters. Robert Robinson

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