Robert Robinson
Robert Robinson
A British radio and television presenter who was known for hosting the TV shows The Look of the Week, The Book Programme, and The Fifties.
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth17 December 1927
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It is well known that the Nobel Committees bring world opinion to a focus, and that fact still further enhances the prestige attaching to the Prizes.
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For myself, I warmly thank the Nobel Foundation and the Committee for Chemistry for this mark of their approbation and for an award which confers the highest distinction that a scientist can achieve. I am greatly beholden also to my sponsors and supporters.
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The structural or biogenetic relations of plant products as deduced from the recognizable architectural components of the molecules have been consistent guides in my investigations.
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Possession of the pure synthetic specimens of the anthocyanidins and chief anthocyanins enabled my wife and me to devise quick tests for these colouring matters which can be used with the material from a few flower petals.
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He wants to be the centre of attention and today he is. It's affected me long term, I've only recently started to go back to work.
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I have never discovered a penicillin, and I have not worked in the mines where ores of the more Nobeliferous metals are to be found.
There is no one label that could be attached to me that would be thought adequate.
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We're extremely close to this project now. I mean, extremely close.