Lord (Alexander R.) Todd

Lord (Alexander R.) Todd, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1907-10-02 in Glasgow, Scotland

Gender: male

Field: British biochemist

Biography

Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd was a British biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1957.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1957

Awarded on: 1957-10-31

"for his work on nucleotides and nucleotide co-enzymes"

Affiliations:

  • University of CambridgeCambridge, United Kingdom