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Norman Haworth
Sir (Walter) Norman Haworth
FRS
. (19 March 1883,
White Coppice
,
Chorley
,
Lancashire
– 19 March 1950,
Barnt Green
,
Worcestershire
) was a
British
chemist
best known for his groundbreaking work on
ascorbic acid
(
vitamin C
) while working at the
University of Birmingham
. He received the 1937
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
"for his investigations on
carbohydrates
and vitamin C". The prize was shared with
Swiss
chemist
Paul Karrer
for his work on other
vitamins
.
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