The Dyson Perrins Laboratory was the main centre for research into organic chemistry of Oxford University from its foundation in 1916 with an endowment from Charles Dyson Perrins, the Worcester Sauce legatee, to its retirement in 2003. Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and synthesis of organic compounds. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The heads of the laboratory were the four consecutive Waynflete Professors of Chemistry: Magdalen College, Oxford endows four professorial fellowships named in honour of the college founder William of Waynflete, who had a great interest in science. ...

1. W.H. Perkin, from 1912 to 1930;
2. Sir Robert Robinson, from 1930 to 1954. Nobel Prize winner, 1947;
3. Sir Ewart Jones, from 1954 to 1978;
4. Sir Jack Baldwin, from 1978 to 2003.

During its 87 year working life, the laboratories had an extremely distinguished career; the laboratory can claim a stake in shaping the scietific careers of two Nobel Laureates, namely Lord Alexander R. Todd (1957) and Sir John W. Cornforth (1975) passed their formative years as young chemists in the laboratories. 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Sir Robert Robinson (1886 - 1975). ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd (October 2, 1907 - January 10, 1997) was the 1957 Nobel Laureate in chemistry for his work on nucleotides and nucleotide co-enzymes. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Kappa Cornforth was born in Australia, and has been profoundly deaf since his teens. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

The building is now used for teaching; all research in organic chemistry at Oxford is now conducted at the University's Chemical Research Laboratory. The majority of the building is being handed over to the Oxford University Geography Department.