Sir Edmund Langley Hirst M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., FRS, (21 July1898 Preston, Lancashire to 29 October1975 Edinburgh), was a British chemist. The Fellowship of the Royal Society was founded in 1660. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
He held the Forbes Chair of Organic Chemistry at Edinburgh University and was head of department there from 1959 to 1964. He was also President of the Royal Society between 1959-1964. The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583 as a renowned centre for teaching in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... The premises of the Royal Society in London (first four properties only). ...
He assisted Norman Haworth in 1934 when he became the first to synthesize Vitamin C. Sir Walter Norman Haworth (March 19, 1883 – March 19, 1950) was a British chemist who is best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid (vitamin C). ... This article is about the nutrient. ...
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Oxford Biography Index entry
Edmund Hirst Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol. 22, Nov., 1976 (Nov., 1976), pp. 136-168
Records of the Department of Chemistry Edinburgh University . Accessed March 2007
Then, from 1928 to 1933, the Hungarian research team of Joseph L Svirbely and Albert Szent-Györgyi and, independently, the American Charles Glen King, first isolated vitamin C and showed it to be ascorbic acid.
In 1933-1934, the British chemists Sir Walter Norman Haworth and Sir EdmundHirst and, independently, the Polish Tadeus Reichstein, succeeded in synthesizing the vitamin, the first to be artificially produced.
This made possible the cheap mass production of vitamin C. Haworth was awarded the 1937 Nobel Prize for Chemistry largely for this work.
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