Norman Haworth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British chemist
Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1883
Place of Birth: Chorley, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 19-Mar-1950
Profession: chemist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Norman Haworth
- Sir Walter Norman Haworth FRS (19 March 1883 – 19 March 1950) was a British chemist best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid (vitamin C) while working at the University of Birmingham.
- He received the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C".
- The prize was shared with Swiss chemist Paul Karrer for his work on other vitamins.Haworth worked out the correct structure of a number of sugars, and is known among organic chemists for his development of the Haworth projection that translates three-dimensional sugar structures into convenient two-dimensional graphical form.
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