John 'Kappa' Cornforth was born in Australia, and has been profoundly deaf since his teens. He moved into the field of organic chemistry atSydney University where he met his wife Rita.
He is a member of the Royal Society and is still very active in chemistry research at Sussex University. This section from longer archive recordings shows his warmth and personality, and gives an insight into an amazing man who has overcome deafness to pursue a brilliant career in science. He was awarded the Australian of the Year in 1975.
External links
Face To Face Interview With John Cornfoth by The Vega Science Trust (http://vegaserver1.hpc.susx.ac.uk:8080/ramgen/face2face/cornforth.rm)
How to be right and wrong with John Cornforth by The Vega Science Trust (http://www.vega.org.uk/series/vrs/vrs4/index.php)
JohnWarcupCornforth received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1975 for his research on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions.
Cornforth was born in Sydney, Australia, on September 7, 1917, to J. Cornforth and Hilda Eipper Cornforth.
Cornforth's key contribution to stereochemistry was his development of a technique to label hydrogen isotopes to show how a molecule becomes synthesized within a cell.
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